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Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Ethinvest, and Matthew Moore, senior portfolio manager from Uniting Financial Services. Moore also sits on the Uniting Church (NSW) Synods Ethical Investment Committee and is a former director of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... banking and finance. Meanwhile, ranked by assets held, the banking and finance sector was largest, with more than AU$84 billion. NSW has the most co-operatives and mutuals, with 44%, but WA has the best performing co-operatives and mutuals - only 13% ...

Impact Investing Australia hires Daniel Madhavan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Impact Investing Australia from JBWere, where he worked for 12 years in a range of roles including investment advisor, head of NSW, chief operating officer and most recently, acting CEO. "Daniel has an impressive record as a leader in the financial services ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... property portfolio manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office buildings, three retail centres and one industrial estate. ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... in Cairns; to King St Haven in Caboolture, Qld to fund the purchase of crisis accommodation; and to Central Coast ARAFMI in NSW to support mental health carers and people living with mental illness. SEFA has allocated "over AU$500,000" to each of the ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... for investing in social change is "inefficient and dysfunctional,' said Michael Traill, SVA CEO, in a speech delivered at NSW Parliament House this week. He spoke to both government and philanthropic funders and said that the failure to fund based on ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the program. "At the end of June 2014 the program had 55 families (82 children) in its three centres and a new centre on the NSW Central Coast set to reach new families when it opens in coming weeks," SVA said. "During the first year, 28 children were ...

ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... possible without the unwavering support of the local community, Moree Plains Shire Council, the Federal Members for Parkes, NSW state government, all the people who have dedicated many hours to development of the project and last but not least, the Australian ...

Forest protection CFI project issued 160,000 carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... beginning of 2014. The project protects approximately 8,500 hectares of native forest that had been approved for clearing by the NSW state government, including significant areas of native forest and fauna habitat. The forest is now protected for a minimum ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... mayor; Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO; Kevin Humphries, minister for natural resources, lands and water, minister for Western NSW; Brian Stanley, First Solar senior VP; Mark Coulton MP, federal member for Parkes; Scott Thomas, AGL general manager business ...