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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 ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... income portfolio can provide protection to the downside risks unique to the asset class, Prahbu added. "When you're investing in credit, you have asymmetric risk profile - it's a binary outcome, either the issuer pays the bond out or it defaults," The ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the SIIT was launched in 2015 with an initial commitment of $30 million. ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible investment (up from 70% in 2016), and 62% report annually on activity, highlighting how deeply responsible investing has become part of Australian investment markets. "The report is mapping ongoing and rapid progress," said Simon O'Connor ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... in hedge funds assets under management. According to the survey, around 40% of the respondents said they are already investing using responsible investment principles, with total assets in such investments worth $59 billion. One-in-five firms said they ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Insurer QBE has committed a minimum $100 million towards impact investing this year as part of a global-first initiative. Phil White, QBE CEO Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) and ANZO Premiums4Good Champion QBE has committed to investing a proportion ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... with Lie and Clements-Hunt. Clements-Hunt, Kay, Kumnic, Lie, Noble and Nolan will next week launch a book in London, Investing in Community Futures, outlining the approach and intentions to the model. "A key objective of the Community Futures Investment ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... the Nanuk New World Fund, with $75 million in assets under management. The New World Fund employs a "core sustainable investing approach," which is sustainably themed, uses positive and negative screening and integrates ESG factors. Earlier this year ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions abatement over its lifetime. CEFC's overall commitment to wind has topped $700 million since it began investing in 2013, catalysing an additional $3.1 billion in private sector capital, and has accelerated the development of more than ...

Australian Millennials question business motivations, ethics: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... recognise businesses must make a profit to achieve the priorities millennials desire, but take issue with how business is investing those profits," Deloitte reported. "There are few things employers can do," Brown said. "We saw in the research that Millennials ...