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From Rough Sleeping to a Place to call Home: Providing Positive Impact with the Regnan Credit Impact Trust

April 28, 2025 • James Baird

This interview is with George Bishay and Murray Ackman from the Regnan Credit Impact Trust team. In this discussion we demystify impact bonds, with some real life stories about the positive social and environmental impact that bonds can provide.

George’s investment management career spans over 30 years with Regnan’s parent Pendal and its predecessor firms. He has also worked across numerous fixed income, credit and money market portfolios in fund management, credit analysis and dealing roles in that time. George holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in Business, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

Murray joined Pendal in 2020 to provide fundamental credit analysis and integrate ESG research across credit funds. Before joining the team, Murray worked as an independent consultant measuring ESG for family offices and Private Equity firms. Prior to this Murray was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Economics and Peace where he led research for the Institute on the Sustainable Development Goals, violent extremism and engagement with business. He has also worked as a management consultant and for a welfare organisation. Murray holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations, a First Class Honours degree and a Bachelor of Law from the University of New South Wales.

We hope you enjoy this discussion with George Bishay and Murray Ackman of the Regnan Credit Impact Trust.

You can check out Regnan and this fund at regnan-credit-impact-trust. See also:

- the-social-bond-that-found-an-affordable-house-for-mum-to-be-kaitlyn

- impact-investors-helped-stacey-and-luna-find-low-cost-housing

- women-like-nasima-are-finding-a-career-path-with-help-from-regnan-investors

We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we recorded on, the Wardandi Noongar people. We pay our respects to them and their culture; and to elders past, present and emerging.

For more information about James Baird, JustInvest Financial Planning and Ethical Investment Advisers see: justinvest and ethicalinvestment