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TCorp appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
TCorp has hired Commonwealth Bank's long-standing head of debt markets. Simon Ling is joining TCorp as its general manager, financial markets. TCorp chief executive David Deverall said: "I'm delighted to welcome Simon to the executive team and I am ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... Greg Parker, made the commitment yesterday at a presentation of annual results for The Benevolent Society's Social Benefit Bond. Parker said the positive outcomes already achieved by social finance programs - such as social benefit bonds - are making ...

Social benefit bond returns for NGS Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Industry fund NGS Super says an investment in Australia's first social benefit bond has rewarded members with both social and financial returns, aligning with the fund's environmental, social and ethical investment framework. The New Parent and Infant ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
When Patrick McClure AO released his report into the review of Australia's $150 billion welfare system in February, one important aspect that seems to have escaped the gaze of commentators was its advocacy of social impact bonds (SIB). SIBs, also sometimes ...

Former JBWere acting CEO joins Impact Investing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Former acting chief executive of JBWere Daniel Madhavan has been appointed as the inaugural chief executive of Impact Investing Australia. Madhavan will head up the newly-formed not-for-profit organisation that aims to grow impact investment opportunities ...

QBE to invest $100 million in social benefit bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Treasurer Andrew Constance also spoke at the launch. The NSW government was instrumental in the creation of two social benefit bond issuances in Australia, and Constance confirmed the government's ongoing commitment to the idea, which he said gives the ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australia's second social benefit bond (SBB), issued by the Benevolent Society in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac, has closed after raising its target $10 million. The Benevolent Society SBB, which will help fund the ...

NGS Super rethinks ESG as green option flops

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... period, with a 60-40 allocation. The defensive side of the portfolio will include investments such as the Newpin Social Benefit Bond, unlisted property, and potentially ESG-approved government bonds from socially progressive, environmentally sound countries. ...

Newpin SBB benefits from international legal expertise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
Law firm Allen & Overy has announced that it has advised Social Ventures Australia on their $7 million Social Benefit Bond (SBB), issued earlier this year. The SBB is the first of its kind in Australia, and will fund the UnitingCare Burnside Newpin ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on reducing the number of family ...
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