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Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Ethical investment advisory firm Ethinvest has a new office in Canberra as adviser Dave Rae joins the firm. Rae joins Ethinvest from Federated Financial Services. "I'd estimate that at the moment, probably 80% or higher of my clients are in some way ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental ...

Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the direct impact on health of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, climate change has the potential to impact Australia's food security through crop damage, the report said. Further threats to public health lie with the risk of increased rates ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Australian market for impact investing has nearly tripled over the past two years, from $5.7 billion to $19.9 billion, according to a new study from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the tools at our disposal to create the outcomes we're looking for," said Sandy Blackburn-Wright, co-founder of IMPACT Australia. "The things that they've listed in the report, if they do get implemented, would accelerate the market. They've captured ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Additionally, the funds that are innovating in this space are also small. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, a co-founder of IMPACT Australia, notes that in the United States and United Kingdom, there is more government partnering with institutional investors to ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... team that built and issued a $10 million social benefit bond with The Benevolent Society and Commonwealth Bank. IMPACT Australia combines two areas - a consultancy called Impact Strategist and two not-for-profit initiatives. IMPACT Investing Australia ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Although the multi-country climate change talks in Durban failed to yield a comprehensive treaty, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) did result in extensions to programs that ...

Sustainability a key theme for investor awareness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "If demand from emerging economies declines or if the world suddenly becomes anti-coal, this will obviously impact Australia." The Thinking Ahead Group is a global team of ten, with two Australian participants- Tim Unger, senior investment consultant ...
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