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The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... countries including India, Indonesia and China. "We've been examining options for a little while to tap into the impact investing market, and leverage the donations we receive to bring in investors," said Kirsten Armstrong, director of knowledge and ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... identified a subset of financially material ESG factors." Through the research, Russell Investments identified that investing in companies with high material/low immaterial ESG scores is significantly better than those with high immaterial/high material ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... to reach financial freedom by providing hands-on market experience and engaging with them along the way across both investing and savings." Acorns Grow Australia Super is intended to be a sub-plan for the DIY Master Plan fund, issued by Diversa Trustees ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports AUM of $2.6 billion for half year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Ethical reported. Membership of Australian Ethical Super grew 23% to 37,699 from 31 December 2016. "The growth of ethical investing continues," said Phil Vernon, managing director of Australian Ethical. "People are demanding transparency and accountability ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index is part of FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment index and data offering. "As sustainable investing is gaining traction among international investment communities, institutional investors in Taiwan are also placing priority ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... rights risk s are, but and requires you to do due diligence. A big trend for us here, and we've spent a lot of time investing in our own skill set around human rights is to support clients as they understand those risks, engage with key stakeholders ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... promoting business models that provide these services. Thakur pointed to the Victorian government as one state that is investing in action around AV preparedness. "The Victorian government has asked Infrastructure Victoria for recommendations," he said. ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... sustainability. ETHI and FAIR have more than $200 million in assets between them, Vynokur said. "The term sustainable investing and responsible investing is quite a broad term," Vynokur said. "A variety of investment strategies could be described as ...

PRI publishes guide on responsible investment in infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... said. "To date there has been little guidance available on integrating ESG and applying the Principles in infrastructure investing, which in many cases naturally considers ESG factors and impact analysis, for example as part of regulatory compliance. ...

SVA Diversified Impact Fund receives more than $10m in funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... end-of-year deadline, and has received commitments exceeding its $10 million minimum size. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA The SVA Diversified Impact Fund will fund a diversified portfolio of impact investments. The fund will also provide ...