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Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... attract other large 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 ...

Banks sluggish on Indigenous financial inclusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... Indigenous Australians in developing that roadmap. The research was conducted in conjunction with NAB and the Centre for Social Impact.

Perpetual wins trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... partner." Perpetual Corporate Trust general manager Glen Dogan said the business was seeing a growing interest in social impact funds. "The Indigenous Infrastructure Investment Fund is the first Indigenous focused fund for Perpetual Corporate Trust and ...

New Perennial small caps active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... management skills through a convenient and lower-cost ASX tradable structure, it also provides the tools to make a social impact without compromising on returns." The fee is 0.89% per annum of fund's NAV in investment management fee plus expense recoveries ...

Macquarie Group appoints foundation chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... and professional commitment to the not-for-profit sector will ensure the foundation continues to have the greatest social impact." Recently the foundation announced it would mark its 50th anniversary next year with a $50 million philanthropic commitment ...

New fund to invest in "clean disruption" tech

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... this shift towards impact-based investments makes sense from a long-term investment return, risk management and social impact perspective." Hua is one of the three co-founders. He worked in investment management for 11 of his 20-year-long career. This ...

Impact investing reports sharp growth

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... billion increase since the 2014-15 financial year. Produced in partnership with Swinburne University's Centre for Social Impact, RIAA's benchmarking report reveals funds raised through green bonds have significantly contributed to the growth ...

Pengana adds social measures to impact reporting

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... Pengana, the report demonstrates how funds invested in the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund made a positive social impact, with the fourth edition now considering education, wellbeing, safety and health. Pengana said $1 million invested in the WHEB ...

HESTA commits $40m to impact investments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
HESTA is committing a further $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), which is managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). SIIT was launched in 2015 and is aimed at funding investments "that generate both a measurable social impact ...

Bank distribution head goes green

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... working with the team at UCA as we capture opportunities in the marketplace and provide the very best ethical and social impact investment solutions to investors," he said. "UCA is a leading fund manager in the Australian ethical landscape and I look ...