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HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... AU$30 million Social Impact Investment Trust. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia HESTA has allocated AU$6.7 million to Horizon Housing, a community housing provider in Queensland. This investment will see ...

Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... such as social benfit/social impact bonds. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA) predicted there should be issuance activity in social benefit bonds in the AU$7 -$10 million range, the size at which ...

Social Ventures Australia launch venture philanthropy fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... launched a venture philanthropy fund for Queensland-based social-purpose organisations. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Queensland director The Queensland venture philanthropy fund is designed to connect philanthropists with a portfolio of "high ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
HESTA has committed AU$30 million to a dedicated impact investment fund managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). Rob Fowler, chief investment officer, HESTA The AU$30 million is the single largest commitment to impact investment in Australia to date ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... according to Social Venture Australia (SVA). Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The AU$7 million Newpin social benefit bond is Australia's first offering and funds the Newpin program run by UnitingCare Burnside ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Project) The Shared Value Project conducted State of shared Value in Australia 2015 in partnership with Social Ventures Australia. The Shared Value project contacted 163 companies - ASX 100 companies, and companies "that have demonstrable experience ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... early 2016. "They're very sensible steps," said Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA). "They're recognising that it's important that NGOs, those service delivery organisations that will do the underlying ...

SVA Commonwealth Bank partner on education toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank has committed AU$6 million to an initiative with Social Ventures Australia (SVA) to develop a teaching and learning toolkit to "enable and support a culture of evidence-informed practice" in Australian schools. Susan Metcalf, chief ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Society Bond. The Newpin social benefit bond funds a program run by UnitingCare Burnside, and last year, Social Ventures Australia (SVA), which launched the SBB, said Deloitte has certified the 7.5% return for the bond's first 12 months. The costs of ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... in-house, he added. Good Super has selected Perpetual, AMP Capital Investors, Triodos Bank, ANZ and Social Ventures Australia as its external managers, and has fees of 2% and an administration fee of $1.50 per week.