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Pendal appoints impact investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... that go beyond traditional risk and return considerations." Alongside its social and environmental benefits, impact investing is proving to mean big business for investors. "Impact investing represents the fasted growing part of the fund's management ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... compared to 34% of Gen Y (aged 21-38) respondents. The survey also found that there was considerable interest in impact investing across the demographics, with 41% of Baby Boomers, 44% of Gen X and 56% of Gen Y respondents keen to explore impact-related ...

Business giants attempt to crack financial planning

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... do something with purpose. Find these products that deliver seven to 12 % returns," said Salek, who started an impact investing fund after his exit from Swisse. Costa admitted he did not know the financial planning industry very well, but added that ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... Specialist fixed income house FIIG Securities partnered with the microfinance arm of World Vision to launch its first impact investing product in Australia. FIIG Securities and VisionFund International launched an impact bond to the Australian market ...

Former Prime Minister joins global investment firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... companies currently reach 188 million people with healthcare or financial tools. The firm said its $743 million impact investing fund presents the strategic opportunity to expand this impact while generating strong returns for investors, guided by the ...

WA Super awards $20mn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... Chief executive of the $3.8 billion super fund, Fabian Ross said WA Super was proud to be at the forefront of impact investing among its super fund counterparts. "The locally focused impact investment fund is one of the first of its kind and we are honored ...

First State Super enters global equities partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... separation between the mandate and R&D support despite being run in parallel. Ross Barry, head of systematic and impact investing at First State Super said: "Having successfully developed an internal systematic investment capability in Australian shares ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... today's AUM)." 57% of active impact investors reported that they expected competitive market rate returns from impact investing and a further 17% said they expected above market rates of return. Only 11% said they expected below market rates of return. ...

Industry fund awards $125 million mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... launches in April this year, developed by the International Finance Corporation to set a market standard for impact investing. It joins 70 others including LeapFrog Investments, MicroVest Capital Management and responsAbility Investments, where the super ...

AXA Investment Managers expands impact investing options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... aimed at emerging consumers in Latin America, South and South East Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa. AXA IM's Head of impact investing Jonathan Dean said in a statement: "Our mission is to identify those companies who can empower underserved and low-income ...