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Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... (EMIIF) will invest in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in that improve the lives of the poor, and build the impact investing market in South and South East Asia. The fund is operational from today. Perpetual's The Trust Company (RE Services) will ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... BNY Mellon-owned firm in Australia and New Zealand, pointed out recent research shows Australian's appetite for impact investing has tripled over the past two years. He said the trend is one the firm sees continuing. "As impact investing becomes mainstream ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Australia's appetite for impact investing is set to skyrocket over the coming years, with new research predicting the market will reach $100 billion by 2025. The Benchmarking Impact 2020 report, coming out of the Responsible Investment Association ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... developing best practice in delivering outcomes-based The Australian federal government is also aiming to grow social impact investing, with $5 million allocated in the last federal budget to establish a Social Impact Investing Taskforce, and a further ...

Superannuation fund hits brakes on raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... funds has postponed its plans to after June. Future Super met with strategic investors in financial services and impact investing earlier this year as it looked to kick start a capital raise for an undisclosed amount. However, it had to halt the raise ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... Management was heralded by Adams as a means to meet the "evolving expectations" of stakeholders as demand for ESG and impact investing grows. Adams also announced the appointment of former Henderson Global Investors head of North American distribution ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... new sustainable active strategies focused on a global energy transition towards renewable energy sources and impact investing. BlackRock will remap its priorities to better align with the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals during its stewardship ...

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 ...