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Online investors applying ESG criteria: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... said they had bought or sold investments based on environmental impact, 17% said they had taken action after considering ethical and corporate governance factors, and 9% took social issues into account. "There is strong appetite for investments that ...

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... investing, and where you see investors or entities wanting to know where you stand on these particular issues - is that an ethical investment, is this something I'm comfortable with supporting, for example." The process of developing an ESG policy has ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Global Allocation Fund had 4.4%, Australian Catholic Super RetireChoices - Socially Responsible was on 2.9%, Australian Ethical Retail Superannuation Fund Pension - balanced was 2.8%, and FES Super Pension - Smoothed Option was on 2.8%. The median return ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... organisation is expected to use data ethically in order to have that trust. Building the tech is the easy part - it's the ethical frameworks around them to achieve the goal - that's the challenge." When considering this aspect of trust, organisations ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... years. During this time the fund has grown significantly, and has consistently been an industry leader and pioneer in ethical and impact investing. This is reflected in the many global and domestic awards the fund has won for its approach to faith-aligned ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... operate, according to new research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability and advocacy, Ethical Partners Funds Management There are more than 700 ASX-listed companies operating in 106 countries globally. PWYP Australia ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... tackling climate change at the heart of default strategies instead of expecting consumers to make the change and select ethical or green fund themselves. It also found 79% of UK adults believe it's important the economic recovery accounts for climate ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... market range from 0.18% for the Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF to 0.97% pa for the InvestSMART Ethical Share fund, with the asset weighted average fee being 0.5% pa. ESG ETP products have tripled in assets under management ...

BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio returns." The HETH provides access to a portfolio of large global companies that meet strict sustainability and ethical standards. ETHI, the unhedged version of the strategy, is the largest ethical ETF on the ASX, with more than $650 million ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... fees range from 0.18% for the Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index ETF to 0.97% for the InvestSMART Ethical Share fund, while the asset weighted average fee is 0.5% pa. BetaShares dominates the ESG ETP sector with 73% of funds under ...