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Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... are wanting to position themselves, with products that have exclusions - there are some who have stated a fossil fuel exclusion. Banking products are a diverse offering - there are others that have an allocation to impact/philanthropy in part of the ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... management approach," said Craig Hurt, AXA Investment Managers director for Australia and New Zealand. "You either go the exclusion approach, or you go further up the spectrum and manage the risk by being aware of the ESG and fully integrating ESG which ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... for need," he said. "Cairns and the Gold Coast had the most red spots, if you will, where there was extreme financial exclusion, and we compared that with our existing NILS network. This represents the best value for government investment as well - high ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... coordinated, measurable actions to "improve financial resilience for large numbers of people experiencing financial exclusion and hardship," with a particular focus on women experiencing financial hardship, said Good Shepherd Microfinance. The structure ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... through divestment in high carbon shares and investment in low carbon investments. "As a result of introducing a new exclusion on coal mining, coal-fired electricity generation and oil tar sands in November 2014, we divested $25 million of high carbon ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... recently. Last year, Christian Super also divested from Transfield, while UCA Funds Management added Transfield to its exclusion list. Divestment from companies over concerns over compliance with international conventions and treaties is not unheard ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has launched a fund strategy that integrates their proprietary Northern Trust Quality Score (NTQS) with ESG rankings to create equity portfolios that optimise for both attributes. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
Responsible investment assets reached AU$630 billion in assets, while core responsible investment assets reached AU$31.6 billion in 2014, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) benchmark report. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management will this year complete the process to become a responsible entity and have two of their funds registered managed investment schemes. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management UCA Funds Management is in the process of changing their Australian ...