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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 ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... reports that other participants include Samuel Terry Asset Management managing director Fred Woollard, Australian Impact Investments managing director Kylie Charlton, and Wilson Asset Management founder Geoff Wilson. "It is a diverse group who are funding ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  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) ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... guide its involvement in the social impact investing market. Kylie Charlton, managing director of Australian Impact Investments The Social Impact Investing Taskforce has released its interim report examining the Commonwealth's role in the social impact ...

HESTA names Andrew Major chief risk and compliance officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... investments in the Infrastructure, Private Equity, Property and other alternative investment strategies, including Impact Investments. Blakey underlined that comprehensive and proactive risk management was a foundation to HESTA's "delivery of improved ...

Christian Super launches Ethical Index Shares option for members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... objective of 3.5% above inflation over a 10 year period. 12% of the assets in this option are allocated to impact investments, the highest out of the fund's 8 investment options, Christian Super noted. Recently, Christian Super Christian Super announced ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Impact investments have quadrupled between 2015 and 2017, according to new report launched today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University. Benchmarking ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... grow. There is also a mechanism for our partners and customers to opt in at a higher percentage." Any potential impact investments must meet the company's investment profile as well as its impact profile, White noted. "We have a committee that determines ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "But now it's the new normal." Christensen noted that 86% of millennials are interested in responsible and impact investments, citing a study by Morgan Stanley. "Impact investing is not just something done by the millennials anymore," Christensen said. ...