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Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... all) businesses over this period. "Only governments can prevent these businesses from failing. The potential financial and social consequences are very concerning." It comes just two weeks after Magellan's annual roadshow, during which Douglass said ...

Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... approximately 65 funds (excluding unit investment trusts) included the terms ESG, clean, environmental, impact, responsible, social, or sustainable in their names as of 31 December 2007. At 31 December 2019, that number sat at 291.

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... independent third-party data provider, Sustainable Platform, to measure our portfolio against the SDGs and determine the impact of your super investment," a spokesperson for Elevate said. "One component of the data collection process allows us to track ...

Ethical super fund shutters themed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
... investment options following a review. Good Super, which was founded by Sargon's Phillip Kingston and Aron D'Souza as a social impact superannuation fund, has closed four of its themed investment options to new and existing members following a review ...

Cbus, UniSuper back new housing bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... raised by the bond will be loaned to seven community housing providers, who will build 2000 properties and support 360 new social and affordable dwellings. NHFIC chief executive Nathan Dal Bon said: "NHFIC is very pleased with the strong level of demand ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... purpose test. "The sole purpose test is 25 years old and guidance is warranted, especially in what appears to be an era of social and environmental activism," Hooper says. "From my perspective, it would be odd for a court to rule that compulsory super ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... use anecdotal or qualitative measures only. About 78% of active impact investors surveyed said their expectations for the social or environmental impact of their investments were being met or exceeded. "Overall, only 4% of all active impact investors ...

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... investors." The $20 million investment is the biggest HESTA has committed out of its $70 million Social Impact Investment Trust, which is managed on its behalf by Social Ventures Australia. SVA manages the SIIT, through which HESTA aims to continue to ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... sustainable or low carbon funds invested in companies whose business isn't aimed at addressing a clear environmental or social problem, as outlined in the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing Sustainable Development Goals, he says. ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Australian equities core fund, serves as chief investment officer. The boutique aims to deliver competitive market returns via a social and environmental impact strategy aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals, investing in Australian and New Zealand ...