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Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Investment Advisers, Tas Ethical, Ethical Investment Services, and Guidance Financial Services. Investors are putting new money into a variety of diverse ethically screened products, but superannuation and direct investments are growing in importance ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... SmartBeta Equity Fund as part of a more general report on AXA IM's global performance for 2014. AXA IM globally reported net new money inflows of AU$27 billion. AXA IM's assets under management (AuM) at the end of December 2014 were AU$891 billion, up ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... be lethal when used as intended," the super fund said. "ESSSuper Accumulation Fund will require any parties, which manage money on its behalf via mandates, to expressly prohibit investment in primary producers of tobacco products." ESSSuper also noted ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... which are leading the best research into the risks of climate change are failing to at the very least demonstrate that the money that sustains them is being managed in any way to account for those risks or the risks of technology and politics dealing ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... superannuation," MacLeod said. "If I overgeneralise for a moment, superannuation as an industry is lazy. They take 1.5% fees, chunk the money in an index tracking fund and we're done. We'd like to refocus that and say, if we can give you industry-standard ...

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... investments, and provide the market intelligence and resources that will help investors make the greatest impact with their money." Bouri succeeds former CEO Luther M. Ragin Jr, who stepped down at the end of 2014. Bouri holds an MBA from Northwestern ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... Shepherd Microfinance's existing financial services products. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... no different for the investment industry. A fund manager could say that markets are inefficient, and therefore I believe money should be invested here. Our industry always wants to focus on investment risk and to try to put values criteria to one side. ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... that's one response," he said. "The other response is to reduce portion size on foods, and that, ironically, can make more money. Another response is self-regulation and voluntary initiatives, such as responsible marketing, e.g. no advertising during ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... for the business," Whitaker said. "A core frustration of ESG investors is how to understand the way companies are spending money on sustainability. Companies are not articulating it within the context of the report, and investors aren't in a position ...