Treasurer Jim Chalmers is working on plans to attract banks and superannuation funds to set up a social impact investing fund to tackle “entrenched disadvantage” in the May federal budget.
A social impact investing fund would aim to improve education, disability care, aged care and homelessness, and deliver social benefits and financial returns to investors.
Loading...
John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
