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UCA Funds Management adds Nine Entertainment Company to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has added Nine Entertainment Company to its list of excluded companies due to its "market leading position in attracting advertising revenue from the gambling industry." Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management The ethical funds manager ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... Shares (SAS) investment option. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS has made three changes, including broadening existing screens to exclude companies that provide "significant services" to prohibited industries including armaments, weapons, tobacco, mining and ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Investment managers and banks are focusing their attention on cash as an asset class that can be developed into responsible investment and ethical cash products, driven by retail demand and core business strategy. Sasha Courville, head of social innovation ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... ESG-related strategies. Strong increases - albeit from a small base - in issuance of green bonds as well as strategies to exclude corporates and sovereigns with less than optimal performance on ESG factors has led to the development of ethical, or environmental ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance will expand its Good Money retail sites into Queensland by opening branches in Cairns and the Gold Coast in 2017. Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance The proposed Good Money stores in Queensland are backed by the ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... additional environmental factors that may be important to investors as well. Dimensional also employs social screens to "exclude or reduce exposure" to companies connected to or derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child ...

Financial Impact Action Plan program to target exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
A coalition of organisations including Good Shepherd Microfinance, EY, Centre for Social Impact (CSI), and the Australian government has launched the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) program. FIAPs are intended to commit organisations to coordinated ...

AMP Capital calls for value link to executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
AMP Capital is exploring whether current executive remuneration levels reflect "a fair assessment of value" and whether they are aligned with shareholder interests. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager In their latest corporate governance ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been accredited by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) as a responsible investment fund. Gavin Goodhand, senior portfolio manager, Altius Asset Management The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund was ...