A performance evaluation approach is developed to support long-term investment programs, where asset selection is based on the internal rate of return estimated with reference to long-term cash flows.

This report outlines ten actions planned by the NSW government to deliver more social impact investment transactions and increase the size of the social impact investment market.

This review provides an update to the inaugural 2012 edition, which presented the first high-level view of sustainable investment worldwide.

We examine the impact of the introduction in 1994 (and subsequent amendments) of the statutory-backed continuous disclosure policy (SBCDP) in Australia. Our analysis measures impact by focusing on the investment disclosure propensity, and investment announcement abnormal returns of more innovative investments, defined as disclosures of R&D and IT expenditures.

Social impact investment can provide new ways to more efficiently and effectively allocate public and private capital to address social and economic challenges at the global, national and local levels.