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Super-backed specialist centre opens in Hobart

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... services." The industry super fund has made strides in impact investment in the last five years, launching a $30 million Social Impact Investment Trust in 2015. It has since grown its commitment to $70 million, which it says aims "to catalyse the development ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... in a statement. Perpetual Corporate Trust general manager Glen Dogan said: "We are seeing a growing interest in social impact funds across the private and public sectors. The EMIIF is the first such fund for the Australian government and we are delighted ...

CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... has ensured that Tranby is doing things a little differently to what we usually do, but our community focus and social impact remain the same," she said. "We are extremely grateful to receive this grant and look forward to developing new cultural and ...

Charities call for further stimulus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... loss of more than 200,000 jobs in the sector. New research from Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) has forecast that the country's 16,000 charities could be severely impacted when JobKeeper, and lease and loan deferrals ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... billion), while $2.9 billion was held by Australian investors in real assets, private debt, public and private equity, social impact bonds and more. "Responsible investment has gained mainstream traction in financial markets and the next iteration will ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
As COVID-19 exposes entrenched problems in society, the ability to scale social impact investments in Australia holds significant promise to drive progress towards solutions, a new report reveals. UTS associate professor Danielle Logue and Dr Gillian ...

AMP Capital ups jail stake

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... presence in the NZ PPP market over time. "Increasing our interest in the ASCF aligns closely with CommIF's positive social impact objective and provides investors with increased diversification benefits," Savage said. "CommIF has established itself as ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... response from Future Fund acting chief executive officer Cameron Price, who reiterated that the fund does not "have a social impact mandate". "I think as Mr Neal said at the last estimates, we have an investment mandate to generate a long-term financial ...

New boutique launches with Channel Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... did not disclose the fees. Current investments include aged care, affordable housing, behind-the-metre solar and a social impact bond. It opens to wholesale and institutional investors early 2020 and has so far raised about $40 million in a friends and ...

Ethical super fund shutters themed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... investment options following a review. Good Super, which was founded by Sargon's Phillip Kingston and Aron D'Souza as a social impact superannuation fund, has closed four of its themed investment options to new and existing members following a review ...