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Australian Ethical reports AUM of $2.82 billion in full year results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... CFO Mark Simons called the result "stellar." "We have a strong balance sheet with no debt and we continue to be focused on cash management," Simons said. "During the year, we have increased our funds under management by 31%, an increase of $670 million ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... awarded for an ASX100 CEO was up nearly 20% to $1.76 million, the highest ever recorded in ACSI's survey, while the median cash bonus also rose by 8.7% to $1.11 million. "It's a sad state of affairs when bonuses have become such a sure thing," Davidson ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... "barbell strategy" seeks to preserve the defensive characteristics of fixed income, while offering the potential for strong cash-plus returns, Perpetual said. The fund takes the investible security universe of the Diversified Income Fund, and screens ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... assessing where environmental and social factors are relevant on credit ratings, and how they can impact balance sheets and cash flow projection, according to a report from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has launched a new report ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... that could explode a company's investment return in certain cases. "These are risks that you don't necessarily do a typical cash flow or data analysis on," Kibble said. "It's an outside the balance sheet analysis to look at landmines that would upset ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... MSCI examined more than 600 companies for their share buyback activity. "When companies decide what to do with their extra cash, they have two main options besides investing in capital improvements, R&D or M&A, and that's either dividends or repurchases," ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... energy storage and efficiency, wellbeing: pharmaceuticals, healthy living, and land and resource management. The fund also has cash instruments for liquidity purposes. The fund is managed by Kerry Series and Stephen Walsh. It is currently open to retail ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... analysis, particularly like management themes of how companies act in stress. That goes through to quantitative management like cash flow through the business. Ultimately, we are generalists. We're bottom up trying to understand the company." The companies ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" portfolio and aims to achieve similar returns. ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Good Shepherd Microfinance has launched Speckle, a fast online cash-loan banking service. Good Shepherd CEO Adam Mooney at announcement of new Good Money Centre in Morwell, Victoria. (photo courtesy of Good Shepherd Microfinance) Speckle features lower ...