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Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... in Asia. Durreen Shahnaz, CEO and founder of IIX IIX operates an online platform, Impact Partners, which is an Asia-wide equity and debt crowdfunding platform connecting impact investors with pre-screened investment opportunities. IIX has more than a ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative, a collaborative group to steer investment towards human wellbeing, social equity and environmental protection. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative has set itself the goal ...

Future IM/Pact signs two new partners, launches student events

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... thriving career in this sector. The Melbourne keynote speaker was Mark Middleton, group CEO of Icon Group, a QIC private equity investment. Gail Williamson, chief growth officer for WiseTech Global and Yasmin Allan, non-executive director at the ASX ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... discussing the philosophy behind the Nuveen's US$ billion multi-asset class impact investing portfolio which includes private equity, private real estate, mortgages and fund investments. "In our view, impact is less about integration and more about intentionally ...

ACSI updates gender diversity policy to apply to ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... ASX200 with only one woman on their board, according to the 30% cClub. "We have set up a new Investment Banking/Private Equity Working Group to seek greater support from business and the investment community, and to increase their contribution towards ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... the screening process, the resulting investment universe is 25 companies, and has "minimal to no overlap with traditional equity allocations such as the FTSE 100 or MSCI All Country World Index and has no exposure to the 100 companies identified as the ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... requirement in global indices." IN the open letter, signatories noted that controversial weapons are a marginal part of global equity and fixed income indices, "however, for active investors using standard benchmarks, excluding these companies means ...

Infrastructure Capital Group launches Australian Renewables Income Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation (CEFC). Tom Laidlaw, ICG managing director The $100 million investment from the CEFC is its largest equity investment in renewable energy to date. ARIF has commitments of %540 million, making it one of the largest renewable energy ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... said Nick Edgerton portfolio manager for sustainable strategies at Stewart Investors. Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...