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UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has hired Benjamin Pedley as its new director investments. Benjamin Pedley, director investments, UCA Funds Management Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment ...

Is the electrical utility sector prepared for low-carbon economy?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are concerned that some companies in the electric utility sector are not adequately prepared for the transition to a lower carbon economy signalled in the Paris Agreement, according to a global network of investors that have ...

New Community Sector Banking CEO outlines bank's value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The new CEO of Community Sector Bank has said that he is focusing on learning how the bank's products and services to its not-for-profit organisation clients can be leveraged to bring added value to the sector. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Corporate, public and not-for-profit organisations in Australia are increasingly setting frameworks to measure social return on investment (SROI) of their business activities and integrating those metrics and analysis into their business strategies. ...

CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Palisade Investment Partners will launch a new fund strategy that will invest in renewable energy projects in Australia. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO CEFC is allocating up ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have expressed support for a government-established intermediary aggregators to issue bonds to finance large scale affordable housing projects. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group has developed a framework and tool to measure social return on investment (SROI) for the developments it builds, and has calculated that its residential communities save residents in reduced health costs and reduced crime. Sarah Breavington ...

UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has completed the process to become a responsible entity and has registered two of their funds as managed investment schemes. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management UCA Funds Management completed the transition to responsible entity ...

Community Sector Banking hires new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has hired Andrew Cairns as its new CEO. Cairns comes to Community Sector Banking from the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Group, where he worked for more than 15 years in roles including head - customer led connections, responsible ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
There is a need to develop metrics to measure social impacts of impact investment in sectors such as affordable and social housing, healthcare, homelessness and vulnerable children and young adults among others, according to investment and governance ...