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Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Brisbane-based financial planners Ethical Investment Advisers has launched a separately managed account (SMA) based on Australian equities that are screened to eliminate fossil fuel exposures. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers The ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... question of looking across the portfolio and the different time horizons and what value gets created. It's not a question of divest/not divest, but what is this concept, do I put any weight behind it, and is it something I consider, and what do I do ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... portfolio versus an annual return of 13.36% for the ASX200 as a whole. 350.org Australia is calling on investors to fully divest from fossil fuel assets including coal, oil and gas over the next five years, as well as increase investment in low-carbon ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has developed a fossil fuel policy that rules out future investments in thermal coal, unconventional oil such as shale and deep water drilling and in companies that extract gas through fracking. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Analysing companies' environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can be a means to discover investment risks before they happen, while also allowing investors to make better informed decisions with better outcomes, according to AMP Capital. Mans ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... companies involved in the manufacture of tobacco products - in May of this year, VicSuper's trustees voted to gradually divest from holdings in tobacco products. At the time of the announced decision, VicSuper's current investment in tobacco accounted ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors have joined a group of 70 global investors calling on the world's top oil and gas, coal and electric power companies to assess the financial risks of climate change to their business. The Carbon Asset Risk (CAR) initiative, coordinated ...

Cbus to divest from tobacco assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
Cbus will divest from its holdings in companies that manufacture tobacco products. The investment committee and board of the AU$23 billion industry superannuation fund made the decision based on the interests of members and their long-term investment ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... Assessment of climate risk are directly influencing investment decisions - 53% of asset managers said that they decided to divest or not invest in listed equities based on climate change concerns. Also, 56% of asset managers said they have conducted ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Responsible investment portfolios in Australia managed AU$152 billion or 16% of total assets under management last year, and core responsible investment funds are outperforming the benchmark of mainstream funds, according to the Responsible Investment ...