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Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... refers to investments that explicitly target social and/or environmental performance. In most cases, access to impact investments is limited to private wealth clients,including high net worth, family offices, foundations and similar, notes Farren Williams ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... bfinance. A growing number of institutional asset owners are seeking ESG-related 'thematic investments' and/or 'impact investments' that explicitly aim to deliver positive non-financial outcomes. bfinance data shows that 34% of investors in real assets ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... are dominated by green, social and sustainability bonds ($17 billion), while the remaining $2.9 billion in impact investments held by Australian investors comprise real assets ($2.2 billion), private debt ($287 million), public equity ($195 million) ...

Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... approximately $45 million in assets under management, with an allocation to a diversified portfolio of global impact investments, targeting a financial return of at least 7% pa over the medium term after fees, before tax, while having a positive social ...

Understanding Impact Investment

MATTHEW TOMINC  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions, employee safety metrics, or governance measures. What are the challenges of impact investment? Impact investments are different from negative and positive screens because they aim to create additional, positive social and environmental ...

Link between post-bushfire regeneration and impact investing: WWF-Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... (WWF-Australia) has launched a wildlife and nature regeneration program to fund solutions that could become impact investments. WWF-Australia is launching the Innovate to Regenerate project, which consists of two global challenges offering $3 million ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... "We are working more and more with financial advisors and institutions as they respond to market demand for impact investments. Over the past months, under Amanda's leadership, we have re-organised and brought on new resources to help us serve those ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... property that they can manage to make impact," Tominc said. "We really developed it in response to looking for impact investments ourselves and finding that we can make financial decisions throughout our team. But we also know that we have to have the ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia through its Elders insurance in 2016, QBE said. Currently the portfolio stands at US$904 million in impact investments, said Gary Brader, QBE Insurance group chief investment officer. "We recognise the need for leading institutional investors ...

IIG launches alternative fund-of funds impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... products in the market currently stand at about $19.9 billion, representing 250% growth in the last two years. Impact investments normally have financial performance equal or better than their values-agnostic competitors, according to the Global Impact ...