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Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... way across both investing and savings." Acorns Grow Australia Super is intended to be a sub-plan for the DIY Master Plan fund, issued by Diversa Trustees Limited. Acorns Australia currently has 400,000 signups. Acorns has introduced a number of new features ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports AUM of $2.6 billion for half year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... to come. "Individuals proactively seek out Australian Ethical as having the highest ethical conviction of any responsible fund. For 30 years we have been guided by the 23 principals of our Ethical Charter in everything we do, our investment philosophy ...

NAB sheds light on process of issuing green RMBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
When National Australia Bank (NAB) issued an Australian residential mortgage-backed bond with a green tranche, it was able to do so using recently developed Climate Bond Initiative proxy criteria. Eva Zileli, head of group funding, NAB NAB has issued ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Tapley, head of sustainable finance solutions (SFS), loans and specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 million to fund ANZ loans and expenditures that directly promote nine of the 17 SDGs. According to ANZ, "the five year fixed rate bond was ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... FTSE4Good's TIP Taiwan ESG index for a US$1.4 billion mandate. BLF has issued a five year passive mandate and is the first fund to use the FTSE4 Good TIP Taiwan ESG index. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index was launched in December 2017 and was developed ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... spot" for companies, Bell said. Investors are also focusing on the SDGs, both in external engagements with companies and fund managers, but also internally, Davidson added. "We've seen quite a lot of interest in the SDGs, grappling with how to make a ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... true to label in terms of the values. What we mean by that is when we talk about fossil fuels, the approach we take in the fund is that the fund is managed as a fossil fuel free fund. There is no threshold in terms of 10% or 20%. It's a hard no. We exclude ...

ACSI, CareSuper announce nominations for Michael O'Sullivan ESG Rising Star Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Annual Conference. The award is valued at up to $10,000. "Michael advocated passionately to improve investment outcomes for fund members and the community generally through sustainable thinking and action," CareSuper Chair Cate Wood said. "He was a leader ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has announced regulatory outcomes against Thorn's consumer leasing businesses Radio Rentals, RR and Rentlo Reinvented that will see millions in dollars of refunds and write-offs of fees to consumers. ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... shareholder resolutions on these issues in 2018, but Wyrsch also noted the value of engagement through the year as a tool for the fund. Vision Super has also focused on the carbon intensity of its equities portfolio. The fund benchmarked its portfolio ...