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UBank launches world first certified Green Term Deposit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... a minimum $1,000 balance. It is available at 2, 5, 7, 8, 10 or 11-month maturity for both personal and self-managed super fund term deposits. "This is really a test and learn for us," Aiton said. "We've seen the research showing a huge amount of customer ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... Australian Renewable Energy Agency, and that CEFC and ARENA would jointly manage the AU$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). However, funding for the CEIF came from the CEFC's existing $10 billion allocation, as opposed to a fresh infusion ...

RIAA certifies two Legg Mason funds as Responsible Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... certified two Legg Mason investment funds as Certified Responsible Investments. The Legg Mason Martin Currie Ethical Income Fund and the Legg Mason Martin Currie Ethical Values with Income Fund are now certified by RIAA. "We believe that environmental ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian government and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) that will not only serve to strengthen trade between the two economies, but also contains language with specific reference to commitments from ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... distributes WCM's Quality Global Growth Strategy in Australia via the WCM Quality Global Growth ETMF [exchange traded managed fund] and the WCM Global Growth Limited LIC. WCM's investment process is based on the belief that culture is the biggest influence ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has acquired CAER. ISS already has operations in Australia, and the acquisition of CAER will more than double ISS' headcount in the market to include eight research analysts covering responsible investment and ...

Pendal Group takes total ownership of Regnan to bolster in-house capacity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Pendal Group, the co-founder of Regnan, will take total ownership of the governance research and engagement firm and bring the research team in-house. Richard Brandweiner, CEO, Pendal Group Pendal Group co-owned Regnan with Commonwealth Superannuation ...

Australian funds join international controversial weapons call

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
HESTA, Vision Super and Colonial First State have signed on to a global institutional investor statement calling on index providers to remove controversial weapons from mainstream indices. The open letter was sent to FTSE Russell, Morningstar, MSCI ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... have to report on their exposures. Critically, this will include institutional investor such as superannuation funds and fund managers, which will increase the stakeholder pressure on companies to provide transparency up the value chain. "It's not going ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... independent, third-party verification tool, O'Connor added. "We test that the claims being made, whether it's a bank, a super fund or a fund manager, are true, we look at their disclosure, their attitude on the grounds of their ethical and responsible ...