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KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... global scale, the report said. The report features breakouts on specific topics, including the new area of social benefit bonds. KPMG said there is potential benefit to society through the promulgation of social benefit bonds. Woo noted that in addition ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... enterprises. She will also support the development of new financing vehicles for the social sector, such as social benefit bonds, SVA said. "I have had the pleasure of being involved in a number of ground-breaking projects in the UK, particularly in ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia and any barriers relating to regulation have to be understood and addressed." Hems noted that when social benefit bonds were introduced by the New South Wales government, the structure of the bond was adapted significantly to respond to the ...

Potential impact investment market estimated at $32 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... for Australian renewable energy companies. Rickards also pointed to the recently launched New South Wales social benefit bonds as another approach to attracting private capital to investments. Rickards noted that while there is a need to develop areas ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... which is something that investors will have to take on board in exploring the asset class. Christensen cited social benefit bonds as an example of an initiative that attracts attention and controversy. Social benefit bonds are financing vehicles issued ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... been a bridge too far for the way we've thought about our world." Brandweiner highlighted examples including social benefit bonds and social enterprises like Barefoot Power as potential targets for investment that have targeted economic and social impacts. ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... some examples in Australia where social impact is being taken into consideration, including the issuance of social benefit bonds in New South Wales. "With the social benefit bond trials, there are some very stringent and transparent easy-to-measure measurements," ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... business." Gales has extensive experience in social investment - he has been involved in the development of social benefit bonds in NSW and in the establishment in the Phoenix Fund in the UK to support small enterprises in disadvantaged communities. ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... The consortium members will all hold part of the bonds, and Westpac will also test the market appetite for social benefit bonds by allowing participation along its retail dealer network and potentially with institutional investors, Blackburn-Wright said. ...
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