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MSCI launches UN SDG alignment tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... could undermine efforts by institutional investors to advance sustainable development. "Investors pursuing an impact investing approach could find that portfolio companies claim to support an SDG while being implicated in conduct that may belie that ...

Tasplan raises IP premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... lineup of the merged fund - hiring First State Super's (soon to be called Aware Super) head of systematic and impact investing Ross Barry as its new chief investment officer, among six other C-suite roles.

Melbourne boutique raising $70m for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
An impact investing boutique owned by a family office and led by a former JBWere executive is raising $70 million for a new fund. Impact Investment Group's latest fund, the Impact Alternatives Fund, is targeting 6% to 10% per year in returns (before ...

MTAA Super, Tasplan reveal executive lineup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... chief investment officer. He is moving from First State Super where he is currently the head of systematic and impact investing. Incumbent MTAA Super chief Leeanne Turner will spearhead the merged super fund as chief executive as announced late last ...

Melbourne boutique wins Crestone allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... truly competitive returns. We are excited to be partnering with Conscious Investment Management, a leader in impact investing, and we believe our partnership will unlock investment opportunities for our investors that can deliver real social impact," ...

Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
As the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment products grows in Australia, American Century Investments offers a fresh approach focused on innovation in the healthcare sector. The Health Care Impact Equity strategy enables ...

Pengana sales manager lands distribution gig

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... sector and the manager, while the role with Inspire Impact would give him the opportunity to move further into the impact investing space, where he believes to be "significant opportunity going forward".

Impact investors team up for $48m investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... ability to fully participate in the community," Summer Housing chief executive Dan McLennan said. Conscious is an impact investing boutique distributed by Channel Capital. It was set up late last year by former Goldman Sachs investor Matthew Tominc. ...

Schroders appoints head of private debt

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... manages $81 billion across private equity, securitised credit, infrastructure finance, insurance-linked securities, impact investing and real estate. It began building out its private assets offering locally this year, with a private equity fund of funds ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...