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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 ...

Super fund invests in disability housing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... $1.6 billion superannuation fund has pledged $40 million to a specialist disability housing provider via its impact investing subsidiary. The superannuation fund's investment management arm Brightlight has made a cornerstone investment in DPN Casa ...

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... community by making a meaningful contribution to the social and affordable housing market," SVA executive director, impact investing Michael Lynch said. "It speaks to the scale of opportunities available to investors looking to make both a social and ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Advocates of impact investing are in fear for the future of the movement, issuing warnings about the dangers of impact-washing. A recent analysis of green themed funds around the globe found 85% make unsubstantiated and misleading impact-related claims ...