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Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest outperformed mainstream indices by wide margins over the past one and two year periods, according to the firm. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest's ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open SA Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance is going ahead with plans to establish a Good Money store in Adelaide to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's ESG screens, which exclude tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers. "One of the things Northern Trust always ensures is to listen ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has developed a list of companies exposed to the most emissions-intensive fossil fuels that they will exclude from their Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) funds range. Ian Woods, AMP Capital RIL is a range of fund of funds with a long-term ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... industry superannuation fund has 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 ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has identified the listed companies that it will exclude from future equities investments, based on its recently announced fossil fuel policy. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO Earlier this year, UCA Fund Management announced ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives more state funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance will receive a further AU$1.7 million in funding as part of the Victorian state budget. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The additional funding, which was announced this week in the state's budget, will support for ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
There are still more than three million Australian adults that are fully or severely excluded from financial products, lending weight to the argument for greater investment in microfinance in Australia, according to Good Shepherd Microfinance. Good ...

Three new CFI methodologies up for approval

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Three new Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) methodologies have been endorsed by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee (DOIC), according to the Department of the Environment. DOIC has endorsed a methodology that "reduc[es] greenhouse gas emissions in ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... of optimised indices, Salvatico said. "The other trend we've noticed is the idea of optimised indices, so indices that exclude companies based on carbon emissions, for example," Salvatico said. "We have a full set of carbon emissions data from September ...