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Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... fund. The investment was made through HESTA's $30 million Social Impact Investment Trust, managed by Social Ventures Australia, and will see the super fund enter into a partnership with Glenview - a not-for-profit aged care provider, and the Commonwealth ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... also expressed her pride in announcing the winner of the 2017 Indigenous Philanthropy Award. It went to Social Ventures Australia for its collaborative work with The Marnin Studio, Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women's Resource Centre in Western Australia. ...

Super funds raise $9m for social bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... Australia's homeless via investment in a new social bond. The super funds are among the investors in Social Ventures Australia's Aspire Social Impact Bond (Aspire SIB), raising $9 million to help about 600 individuals in South Australia with accommodation ...

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... launch its FIAP on 25 November. In 2015 the super fund made a $30 million impact investment commitment to Social Ventures Australia, a group focused on overcoming disadvantage in Australia by funding education, sustainable jobs, stable housing and appropriate ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... biggest commitment by an Australian fund to the local impact investing market. HESTA partnered with Social Ventures Australia and made a $30 million commitment to the group, $6.7m of which was an investment in Horizon Housing. Horizon Housing is a community ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... and 7.5%. The fund's initial investment was $500,000 in 2014. Newpin, a program run by UnitingCare, Social Ventures Australia and the NSW government, helps reunite children with their parents as well as create safe environments to prevent children from ...

CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... their expertise to achieving this task. Advocacy Council members: Paula Allen - consultant and partner, Social Ventures Australia Graeme Bibby - chief investment officer, AIA Australia Mark Delaney - deputy chief executive and chief investments officer ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... invests in opportunities that deliver both a financial return and a measurable social impact. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA), the Trust is one of Australia's largest impact investment funds and represents the biggest single commitment by ...

HESTA awards low volatility mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... exploits the low-risk anomaly - aiming to maximise the sharpe ratio." In September, HESTA partnered with Social Ventures Australia to launch one of Australia's biggest impact investment funds. The fund has been active in the environmental, social and ...

Sunsuper foresees independent director shift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... an extensive career in private capital investment including 14 years as founding chief executive of Social Ventures Australia (SVA). Prior to that he spent 13 years as an executive director at Macquarie Bank, where he jointly founded the organisation's ...