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World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... role to play in that," Rogers noted, adding World Vision will work closely with the Government and its social impact investing initiatives to generate meaningful returns.

Australian impact investing primed to reach $32bn

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... New Zealand's impact investment market has been launched by Responsible Investment Association Australasia and Impact Investing Australia. The Impact Investment Forum, chaired by former Christian Super chief executive Peter Murphy, will seek to achieve ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... with the states and territories, will allocate $12.2 million over 10 years starting July 2017 to test social impact investing initiatives. Another $8 million, staggered over four years, will go towards establishing the Social Impact Investment Readiness ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... philanthropic funds, welcomed the launch of the Giving Australia 2016 report. The report notes how the area of social impact investing is starting to make inroads, with one in five philanthropists surveyed saying they had impact investments in their ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... colour" to investors' risk-return profile, Christensen says. The other important aspect of responsible investing is impact investing - putting money in societal issues that can range from climate change, to health and education with the aim of making ...

Super funds raise $9m for social bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... South Wales, there is a growing pipeline of these innovative impact investment vehicles," SVA executive director impact investing Ian Learmonth said. "The opportunity to deliver both positive social outcomes to disadvantaged communities and returns to ...

NAB committed to growing impact investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia, in partnership with NAB, launched an initiative to make impact investing more accessible to not-for-profit organisations and for-purpose businesses. The Impact Investment Ready initiative comprises ...

Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
As the impact investing market continues to gain momentum, Impact Investing Australia will farewell its chief executive. Daniel Madhavan is leaving the organisation after three years to explore new opportunities in the impact sector, to be replaced ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... marking the next step in implementing the Financial System Inquiry's recommendations. In the government's 'Social Impact Investing' discussion paper released on Saturday, Treasurer Scott Morrison outlined the government's position on social impact investing ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... restructure and rebrand the company, which had $8 billion in assets under management. 9. Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate A former senior financial services executive who less than 12 months ago went out on a limb to set up his own ...