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AXA IM launches "impact-style" fund linked to gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... IM's global head of responsible investment. "Research has shown $12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 by investing in the advancement of women's equality," Christensen said. "We saw a great opportunity to create a 'gender diversity' impact ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation holds Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... effect and lack of experience. Businesses and households are already taking action to manage energy use and costs by investing in clean energy. In fact, we have financed more than 1,000 smaller-scale transactions, for a total of more than $150 million ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank launch Socially Responsible Growth Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... development of the fund has been boosted by the increasing number of fund managers offering ESG integration or ESG thematic investing, he said. "The fund has been several years in the making," Rohan said. "Along the way, we have seen an increasing number ...

Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia have launched a new grant program to help not-for-profit organisations and for-purpose businesses to explore impact investing activities and attract potential investors. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact ...

SVA launches South Australian homelessness social impact bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... will fund a program addressed at ameliorating the effects of homelessness. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia The seven-year, $9 million Aspire Social Impact Bond (SIB) will fund the working capital of the ...

Government issues discussion paper on social impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The federal government has issued a discussion paper on their role in developing the social impact investing market. Sabina Curatolo, director of government relations and policy, Impact Investing Australia The paper is soliciting public consultation ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... do you have in place, and we really need to try over time to capture impact, and I don't mean impact from the impact investing side, but impact from, what is all this - what does all this work that we do actually mean in the real world. What does it ...

Australian Ethical Investments join Principles for Positive Impact Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... holistically. Looking ahead, we're focusing on what could we build which is green bond like around this concept of impact investing? There is a strong element of learning by doing in this project. Rather than try to build up this infrastructure of a ...

BetaShares launches ETHI sustainability-themed ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... industries. They're large cap companies as well. The key benefits are the ability to invest in impact and sustainable investing, and doing so in a diversified portfolio that is cost-effective." The ETHI ETF has a management fee of 49 basis points, "plus ...

Northern Trust Asset Management launches GRESB-based real estate index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... index was developed in response to demand from investors that combined a passive management approach to real estate investing that also incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. "Northern Trust listens to investors and develops ...