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SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its second loan, to fund the purchase of housing units in a retirement home park in Tasmania. The loan is towards the construction and installation of four, two-bedroom prefabricated units for the ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The overall superannuation industry has not done enough to make investment decisions that take environmental, social and governance impacts into consideration, and it is not only possible but imperative to do so, two fund professionals said at the annual ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia, and the Australian government is further encouraging the sector's development through DEEWR's AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has hired Ben Gales as chief executive officer. Gales will start on 2April and comes to SEFA having formerly worked as a director at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and has also worked in ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... to The Sustainability Report about his experiences in responsible investing and the role UCA Funds plays as a social enterprise and ethical funds manager. RA: What drew you to the role at UCA Funds Management? MW: It's a business that I was familiar ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun a program to educate members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... sector's development through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEEWR) AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... their processes. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEEWR) allocated AU$10m to Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), and SEFA brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA), an AU$20m fund lending to social enterprises, is working to build a sustainable loan portfolio while also working to contribute to the development of the social financing sector in Australia, fund officials ...