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Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... and approved." The fund screens out companies if their "primary business activity involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal," according to Altius Asset Management. ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... ultimately, it's up to the trustees to determine what is in the best interests of all members. Q: FST was an early divestor of tobacco, for example. Given that you're acting on behalf of all members and not just those that lobby for certain outcomes ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... there are very few if any combine a strict fossil fuel screen with an equally strict screen with ESG issues like alcohol, tobacco and gaming." The resulting indices are comprised of the 50 leading medium to large sustainable ASX-listed companies, and ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... fossil fuel assets in investment portfolios and the decision by fund managers and superannuation funds to divest from tobacco assets. This year, RIAA worked with EY to gather data on more than 90 financial products in Australia and New Zealand, and conducted ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria, such as alcohol or tobacco, are rarely considered. LGT Capital Partners and Mercer also surveyed respondents on stakeholder concerns. Overall, approximately ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... The Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced that it will divest from direct investments in equity of tobacco manufacturers. VFMC is a AU$46.6 billion state-owned funds manager for a number of public authorities and bodies. Divestment ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... resourcing point of view." See Also: Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) screens. LUCFR tapped Northern Trust to run the global ex-Australia fund with customised screens to exclude tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers, in line with LUCRF's ESG policy and its commitments as a signatory to ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... we've been vindicated on those things. But it's not for us to advise a single fund, or how to approach an issue, like tobacco, which for the most part has been dealt with as a normative issue." Fund-level values and policies But what of normative issues ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... business activity is at odds with the fund's defined ESG principles, including the production of armaments, uranium and tobacco said Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer of Altius. "We were aware that a lot of investors who want to invest witha responsible/sustainable ...