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VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... AU$1.2 billion in tobacco stocks. Dr Bronwyn King, a radiation oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare, launched the Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative in 2010 and meets with superannuation fund trustee boards and investment ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the report found. The forest and paper products industry identified with all ten megaforces, while mining and metals, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, telecommunications and materials sectors identified with nine megaforces on average per company, while ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... of internal funds has been allocated to the strategy in 2014. The fund of fund approach focuses on sectors including healthcare, education and finance, Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment at AXA IM, previously said. "While the impact ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... bulk of the return over the whole market. By being underweight materials - i.e. resources - and overweight financials, healthcare and Telstra, that's been the sweet spot." Both the ASX50 and ASX100 model portfolios are constructed around negative screens. ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative Dr Bronwyn King is a radiation oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare. She has also taken on the job of meeting with superannuation fund trustee boards and investment committees with a presentation ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... of their pre-tax profit in programs to ameliorate social and environmental challenges including access to education, healthcare and disaster relief. But the report also found that the vast majority of these companies are not reporting quantified metrics ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... investment at AXA IM, told The Sustainability Report. "The fund of fund initiative will focus on sectors including healthcare, education and finance and will invest in solutions that will seek globally to increase people's access to those sectors," Christensen ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... households met the criteria for receiving a NILS loan, according to 2009 statistics. Eligibility is determined by having a Healthcare Concession Card (HCC) or Pensioner Concession Card (PCC). Of that figure, 1.28 million people were found to have "sufficient ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... GIIN said, and more "investors plan to increase the percentage of their portfolios allocated to Food & Agriculture, Healthcare, and Financial Services (excluding Microfinance); the highest number of investors plan to decrease the percentage of their ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... investment strategies in sectors including "agriculture, microfinance, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, healthcare, affordable housing and community development," and in asset classes including "private equity, venture capital, private ...