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RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... intended outcome of giving the program a "revamp to meet current public demand and interest in responsible and ethical investment," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA chief executive officer. "What we've identified is that one of the biggest impediments is the ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... strategic goals of the fund - both the ability to find well priced risk adjusted investments and to fit the ethical investment policy of the fund, Murphy said. The fund has chosen to dedicate some of the time of policy analyst Simba Marekera to the task ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... senior portfolio manager from Uniting Financial Services. Moore also sits on the Uniting Church (NSW) Synods Ethical Investment Committee and is a former director of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "In making these responsible ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
It was the Romans who said pecunia non olet, but from an ethical investment perspective, that no longer holds true. Ethical cash management has emerged as an issue in the push for institutional investors to divest from assets that are carbon emissions-intensive ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... sector review covered seven Australian equity and two global equity funds. Lonsec has recognized the Perpetual Wholesale Ethical SRI Fund with its "Highly Recommended" rating, and five funds were assigned a "recommended" rating. Lonsec rates those funds ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia. In this role, he managed a AU$260 million direct property portfolio, in line with the sustainable and ethical investment principles of the Uniting Church in Australia. He has also previously held senior roles with ASX listed property fund ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Verway Sheikh met whilst campaigning as Green Party candidates in ACT ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the security contracts as both a governance issue for the company as well as a human rights issue as part of the fund's ethical charter. "It's around the governance side," Murphy said. "Their decision to provide security services to Manus Island and ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... that gives you good exposure to income and large cap stocks," he said. "It can play important part in building a core ethical portfolio. We often complement them with other ethical funds to provide access to specialist management for people chasing alpha." ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... that UCA Fund Management would engage in other activities throughout 2014, as part of the fund's 360-degree ethical investment approach. This year, the fund will start a constructive engagement program with other "interested parties" around improving ...