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Impact only fund makes first investments

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... investment opportunities with strong business models and where profit is intrinsically linked to the company's social or environmental mission. The fund's first investment was part of a $5 million capital raising for Sendle, a parcel delivery and postal ...

AMP Capital senior manager joins CFS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... Commonwealth Bank's wealth management businesses including CFS, and was announced as part of a broader suite of updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices by the bank late last year. A CFS spokesperson said the framework ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... emphasis will be on driving operational efficiency from existing assets, and effectively dealing with the legacy environmental issues created by those industries." "Meanwhile in the cities the focus will be on creating sustainable and liveable urban ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... not yet universally taken up, the research provides an insight into the strategies and approaches taken to embed environmental, social and governance (ESG) and ethical considerations into investments," O'Connor said. "This matters because the overwhelming ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... Girls, a $50 million initial injection for the arts (with a planned capacity of $200 million), and $50 million in an environmental strategy. On top of those projects, GII is working with the UN in devising impact investing strategies that best suits ...

NAB reduces fossil fuel exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
NAB's new corporate sustainability report positions the bank as the national leader in environmental, social and governance commitments. The 2016 Dig Deeper report promises a material decrease in the use of fossil fuel-based energy and a corresponding ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... the way they make those products or the way they interact with their local communities. Thinking about these other environmental and social aspects of the company allows us to tilt the portfolio to try and achieve some of those outcomes." Super fund ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... production, production or sale of thermal coal and tobacco production, with all companies then ranked according to environmental impact, social consequences and governance. Since its inception the fund, which has a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec, has ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... into opportunities," she said. Fox built on the message explaining that political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legislative forces had worked to squeeze the margins for all types of adviser, not just those advising on life risk. ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Australian equity fund managers tend to rank higher than their global peers when it comes to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions, Lonsec Research has found. According to the researcher's newly ...