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CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... asset owners with allocations to alternative asset classes could be exposed either through venture and/or micro venture capital, saying "venture capitalists seeking high growth and increased portfolio performance are jumping into the cannabis market ...

Nikko AM, ARK Investment Management launch innovation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... long-term growth without the high costs and illiquidity typically associated with similar investments accessed through venture capital funds." ARK is an affiliate of Nikko AM via an equity stake, which Nikko AM acquired in August 2017. "We are extremely ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... end. The CEFC also operates the Clean Energy Innovation Fund in consultation with ARENA. The fund has committed venture capital of more than $56 million to nine innovative companies. Together, these companies have raised more than $140 million of new ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... pipeline, such as the bonds that NAB have issued. Goodman, who also works on the Giant Leap Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that looks at scalable, tech-enabled businesses that have a social or environmental benefit build into the strategy ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... firm with expertise in emerging markets and real assets, which first purchased the Wenita shareholding in 2005 in a joint venture with Chinese logistics company Sinotrans and 100% of the OLC land in 2006. This transaction closes the AU$707 million ANZFF2 ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Giant Leap Fund has become Australia's first venture capital firm investing in impact businesses. The $15 million fund is owned by Impact Investment Group, and is investing in businesses that "blend financial returns with deep social and environmental ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the trust, but the risk-adjusted opportunities and costs therein have not eventuated as yet, Major said. "Our cost of capital in terms of debt can be competitive with others, although we have lost opportunities to the banks because their cost of capital ...

Social Ventures Australia launches Diversified Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... fund's life - which is likely to be in 10 years - we calculate if the investors have received 100 cents in the dollar in capital returns and earnings," said Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA. "If there's a shortfall, we'll call on the downside ...

CEFC lends $32m for construction of green student accommodation project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Street, Adelaide. Kit will be managed by specialist student accommodation provider Atira Student Living, and it is a joint venture investment between Blue Sky Private Real Estate (BSPRE) and Goldman Sachs. BSPRE is developing the project, which is expected ...

HESTA makes $19m impact investment in aged care facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... "It's a number of sources of funding, and debt finance seemed most appropriate for the nature of the project. The use of capital is to build out the facility, and then really once it's occupied, there's a revenue stream coming in from the tenants to ...