August 2024
Is rent-to-own a better option than build-to-rent?
Build-to-rent can provide housing at scale, but some like Sydney architect James Alexander-Hatziplis believe there should also be a pathway to homeownership.
This super fund creates positive returns – and social benefits
Within its $9b fund, Qantas Super allocated $600 million for social impact investing. This year it backed an aged care project, to improve quality of care.
June 2024
Surf lifesaving in the Olympics? This broker says it’s no pipe dream
Shaw and Partners is all-in on wealth and health. But there’s more to its latest deal: elevating competitive surf lifesaving to the Brisbane 2032 program.
February 2024
Wealthy families are trying something new – ditching the secrecy
There’s a new breed of private investment vehicle for the super rich. And they’re less interested in managing money out of view than making more of it.
November 2023
‘No brainer’: Why this ex JB Hi-Fi CEO backed a Byron laundry
Businessman and Byron Bay local Richard Uechtritz has wrangled $12 million to open the Byron Shire’s only commercial laundry.
October 2023
Investors find value in championing social good
Impact investing is on the rise as more Australians seek to drive positive change as they reap financial returns.
May 2023
Budget to aid social impact investing
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged that Tuesday’s federal budget will include measures to harness private capital to help disadvantaged communities.
Chalmers ‘must guarantee returns’ for nation-building super
This could include guaranteeing a minimum rate of return to investors, tax incentives or offering capital grants, new research commissioned by Rest suggests.
January 2023
Banks ponder how to make a return on social impact
Banks are pushing to provide debt funding for a government-backed social impact investment vehicle, as Aware says it would rather go it alone.
Yes, you can get solid returns with impact investing
There’s a misconception that you can’t make a return on your investment as well as having a positive social or environmental impact.
Chalmers taps banks and super to fix social disadvantage
The Treasurer 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.
December 2022
Private capital eyes billions in social infrastructure projects
With $20 billion in projects waiting for private finance and super funds poised to help governments, investors are looking closely at social infrastructure.
November 2022
Andrew Forrest’s family office coinvests with DFAT on Asian investment
Tattarang and the Scalzo family’s private office have co-invested with the government’s Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund to back female entrepreneurs in Asia.
October 2022
Big four may back $400m social impact investment bank
The prime minister has reconvened the social impact investing taskforce, which has engaged with major bank CEOs on a co-funding model for social services.
January 2022
Government sits on social impact report for a year
Leaders of the nascent impact investing scene are frustrated that sensible policy proposals to bring private capital into social services haven’t got a response.
October 2021
Impact investing on the rise as Liverpool Partners launches new fund
The firm has raised $350 million from institutional investors for a new fund that will invest in unlisted assets.
March 2021
High-net-worth families drawn to impact investing
Liverpool Partners, a private equity firm with an impact investing arm, says the socially conscious investor pool is growing among the nation’s rich.
February 2021
Ex-ANZ commodities guru partners up with S&P Global Platts
Eddie Listorti, the bank’s former global head of fixed income, currencies and commodities, is back in the limelight.
January 2021
How to run a $1.7 trillion investment fund
The flashy former hedge fund manager that runs Norway's gargantuan sovereign wealth fund explains his decision-making process.
November 2020
Pandemic a real-time experiment on ESG investing
This year provided a real-time laboratory to test the effectiveness of ethical investing and for many investors the results confirmed their original beliefs.