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Calls to mandate funds to offer social impact option

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
Mandating superannuation funds to offer their members the choice to invest in social impact projects would have a multi-billion dollar impact on the wider community. Australia just needs to take a lesson from the French, the Community Council for Australia ...

CBA embeds ESG into investment, wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has introduced stronger environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices across its investment and wealth management divisions. The new Wealth Management Responsible Investing Framework will integrate ESG into ...

Millennials champion impact investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Ethics, values and social impact are set to become the new benchmarks in asset management as young investors look beyond returns. A recent Standard Life Investments YouGov poll on values-based investing showed that people between 18 and 24 years old ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
CAER has launched a new website that allows financial advisers to view the researcher's environmental, social land governance ratings for more than 300 Australian and New Zealand companies at the click of a button. Coinciding with Ethical Investment ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Macquarie Direct Investment. Traill is currently the chair of Goodstart Early Learning, the SVA Leadership Council and Social Impact Fund, as well as the Opera Australia Capital Fund. He also holds directorships with Australian Schools Plus, Australian ...

HESTA and SVA launch impact investment fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... (SVA). The move is aimed at building a pipeline of investments that can deliver both financial returns and measurable social impact. SVA and HESTA have designed a dedicated fund, the Social Impact Investment Trust, to allow HESTA to make direct and indirect ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... managers and shareholders to young Australians suffering through mental illness," Wilson said. "As well as making a social impact, investors have the opportunity to gain unprecedented access to Australia's most prominent global fund managers - a number ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... Management group head George Lewis said. HNWs continue to have an interest in investing time to drive a positive social impact, with 92% viewing it as important to do so. HNWs turn mainly to wealth managers (30%), family (27%) and friends (22%) for advice ...

ACSI names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... listed companies as well as encourage company boards and management to take more seriously their environmental and social impact," Noonan said. Davidson brings a long track record in institutional investment through her work at IFM Investors and Cbus ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... system in February, one important aspect that seems to have escaped the gaze of commentators was its advocacy of social impact bonds (SIB). SIBs, also sometimes called Social Benefit Bonds, work when a sponsoring group, usually an established charity ...