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Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... drug and alcohol treatment and young people transitioning from Out of Home Care as the focus of its first two social impact bonds (SIBs). Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas The Victorian government will next hold two workshops for organisations considering ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... focus as well." See Also: Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government will fund a program to pilot social impact bonds (SIBs). Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews ...

Impact Investing Australia to develop Impact Capital Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... working in the impact investment space also noted that 2016 could show growth in areas such as social benfit/social impact bonds. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia (SVA) predicted there should be issuance ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... which allows HESTA to make direct and indirect investments in a range of businesses, housing projects and social impact bonds that deliver both financial returns and identifiable and quantifiable social impact. "The fund is really looking at opportunities ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... established and controlled by 'sophisticated' or 'professional' investors accessing wholesale offerings for social impact bonds." The FSI report also noted that government should offer explicit public support for the private sector interest in impact ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable bond fund is also expected to make positive tilts towards issuance such as green bonds and potentially social impact bonds, Bovingdon said. "Positive tilts would have to stack up from an investment point of view, and we will assess them on ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... over 8,000 people in 4,300 homes. Westpac is in the process of setting its 2015 strategy for green bonds and social impact bonds, Toohill said. In April, the World Bank issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the sole purpose test," the report said. The report also said that "relatively simple instruments" such as social impact bonds are subject to "onerous disclosure requirements." David Rickards, director of Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), noted ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... relatively small, and are limited to investing strictly in social enterprises, not to further the development of social impact bonds, and investing in affordable housing is outside the scope of it. We also have no capability to provide capacity building ...