Investing Archives - Passionate Management

Investing

Many Homes for People with Special Needs – NDIS on Steroids

Our journey with NDIS had not finished. Even though the construction project did not go as smoothly as I had hoped for, I still believed in the concept and the good that was coming from the NDIS constructions. There are quite a few funds available that offer investment into large projects (often spending many tens or even hundreds of Million Dollars). One of the ones we considered the most seriously is the Synergis Fund. It sounded very professional and reliable. The main reason we did not end up investing was the difficulty in actually talking with someone that is…

Investing

A Home for People with Special Needs (SDA – NDIS)

A balanced investment portfolio is supposed to include property. SDA for NDIS is a way to achieve a cashflow positive property investment.

Investing

Good Earth Dairy

Posted on 20 August 2021
1 Comment on Good Earth Dairy

For the past 12 months I researched investments that match the impact I want to have while creating financial returns. As I outlined in the difference between impact and ethical investing, I tried to find projects with actual impact. We invested in a few and I found more that we did not invest in. So here is the first one (not as financial advice, just sharing our journey) and why we did it. I had a couple of conversations with Marcel Steingiesser during their first round of fundraising late last year and he was very open, switched on, and…

Investing

The difference between Impact Investing and Ethical Investing

My wife asked an interesting question this morning: “What is the difference between impact investing and ethical investing?” Putting it into words was really good to get absolute clarity for myself. And just to be clear, this is no official explanation, just my own personal thoughts. The difference seems to come back to the order of consideration. Ethical Investing While there is a huge range of ethical investment options, in general terms the main implementation seems to be a negative filter that limits the possible investment horizon. So a fund that invests in listed equities will still invest in…

Investing

The Impact I Want to Have

I want connection to people and planet. I want to touch people to be healthy, happy and hopeful while increasing biodiversity, creating natural resource loops and using clean energy.