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Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... financial inclusion." What big banks lack in certain cases is the agility to implement programs targeting financial exclusion, and therefore are vulnerable to losing consumers to alternative platforms like peer-to-peer lending apps. Bellens notes that ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... exclude companies involved in the recreational cannabis industry, the fund has announced. NZ Super specified that the exclusion is just for recreational cannabis, while companies involved in licensed and authorised medicinal cannabis are not excluded. ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Queenslanders. Another aspect that the Good Money sites have addressed is the fact that while financial hardship and exclusion is equally found in men as in women, historically, the gender split in accessing NILS and StepUP loans has been split 70/30% ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Responsible investments have more than quadrupled over the past three years to $622 billion, with 44% of Australia's assets under management invested through some form of responsible investment strategy, according to the Responsible Investment Association ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... for Social Impact to design and implement the program. The FIAP Partnership Group estimates that reducing financial exclusion amongst Australians, particularly women, could contribute an estimated AU$2.9 billion per year to gross domestic product (GDP) ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... option invests in companies sourced from a bespoke index designed for VicSuper that combines the MSCI Global Fossil Fuels Exclusion Index, the MSCI Global Socially Responsible Index and an additional fossil fuel direct activity screen. The other asset ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
Ron Lind, Ron Lind, public member CalPERS Board of Administration Climate change, economic inequality and tax avoidance are all key environmental, social and governance concerns for global institutional asset owners, according to a panel speaking at ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... companies." Anderson noted that engagement is a strategy that has been widely adopted in Australia, pointing to the fact that exclusion of companies on grounds such as fossil fuel divestment may prove impractical. "For example, consider Australia and ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... fill this leadership vacuum in this maturing market." PIMCO has an ESG framework that is underpinned by three pillars - exclusion, evaluation and engagement. The fund vests in "a range of sovereign and investment grade corporate bonds from around the ...