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Super funds extend poor disclosure to ESG holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... divesting away from companies in the fossil fuel sector such as coal companies and investing instead into high profile social impact or renewable energy projects or buying green bonds," the report read. "Rainmaker does not believe whether a super fund ...

SG Hiscock introduces medical tech fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
The boutique fund manager is launching a new social impact fund that will invest in Australian and New Zealand medical technology companies. The SG Hiscock Medical Technology Fund aims to provide long-term capital growth via a portfolio of innovative ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... shifted from fighting global warming to ensuring that the transition to cleaner energy does not have a negative social impact. As such, the Just Transition fund will ensure that employees that will be involved in industries that need restructuring can ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
A quarter of the participants in a new survey said their HECS-HELP debt was standing in their way to start investing outside of superannuation. Futurity Investment Group surveyed 1000 Australians who went to university and found university debt impacted ...

HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Unity's inaugural issuance of Mutual Capital Instruments (MCIs). The super fund is making this investment through its Social Impact Investment Trust, managed by impact investment manager Social Ventures Australia. This trust aims to create a pipeline ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... still doesn't have a national plan to end homelessness." Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact said the charities sector was left out, noting that permanently increasing JobSeeker and parenting payments, investing in new ...

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... infrastructure (like large scale solar farms), impact private equity, venture capital and debt for impact-focussed startups, social impact bonds, environmental assets and regenerative farming. The first close is set at $70 million and the fund is for ...

Paradice appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Paradice Investment Management has added a head of ESG to its investment team, hiring from Ausbil Investment Management. Nicholas Varco will work with Paradice's investment team in integrating environmental, social and governance factors including climate ...

Melbourne boutique wins Crestone allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... to a Melbourne boutique's real assets fund that targets 7-11% per year in returns while aiming for a measurable social impact. The HNW advice firm will use Conscious Investment Management's impact fund, which invests in property and infrastructure like ...

Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... ultimately deliver returns. And at a time when the world needs health innovation more than ever before, financial and social impact objectives can simultaneously be achieved," he said. The US$1.66 billion fund seeks quality stocks by incorporating acceleration ...