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Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and other stakeholders are planning to engage with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies in a campaign to improve their lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The payday lending and goods rental/leasing sector is a fast-growing part of the financial services sector, but there are social and financial risks to the sector. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... scrutiny can be brought to finer levels of detail, such as derivative exposures over indexes that contain stocks that clients exclude or tilt against for ESG reasons. "We consider it as part of the offering in mandate monitoring," Hoy said. "Again, it's ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and 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 ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Ed. note: updates with comment from Lisa Harrison, Suncorp Group Good Shepherd Microfinance is piloting a microinsurance policy for renters, in partnership with Suncorp. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The pilot program began late last year ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... in order for a company to be excluded, the company must be "directly and materially involved" in a business that they exclude, Walsh said. "The way we look at banks is that, banks are in the business of funding the economy generally, and a big four are ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) will exclude companies with a material exposure to high carbon-sensitive activities and has opened the door to investing in nuclear energy. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS recently completed the review of its negative screening ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance have launched "Stop Small Problems Getting Big", a national campaign raise awareness of Good Shepherd Microfinance's no-interest loan scheme. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The campaign ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Christian Super is engaging with Transfield Services over its contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Although the fund is not divesting from ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Walsh emphasised that the existence of detention centres is a matter of Australian government policy, and the decision to exclude Transfield Services is based on the human rights concerns in the detention centres and Transfield Service's role in those ...