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Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... feel very connected to a business that is so aligned to their values." Australian Ethical has hired Deana Mitchell as equities analysts. Mitchell comes to Australian Ethical from Macquarie where she worked for almost 14 years in various roles in equities ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... introduction of an ethical investing portfolio. The ethical investing portfolio is a diversified option and includes Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash. It has a risk-return profile similar to Acorns' current "Moderately Aggressive" ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... 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 against the MSCI Global Carbon Benchmark, and has asked its external managers ...

UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... growth in funds under advice. Prior to MFCo, Browning co-founded a boutique asset manager focused on global healthcare equities targeting both wholesale and retail investors. The fund doubled the return of the MSCI World Health Care Index over four years. ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
BetaShares has launched a new ethical ETF for Australian equities. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares The BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR) "provides exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian companies that ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... amount of potential, not just because fixed income markets are so big, but while you can't vote proxies, as you do as an equities owner, as a fixed income investor, companies certainly listen to what you have to say. We wanted to develop a process that ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... not constrained by as-intense capital needs, and provide stable streams of revenue to investors. Zoe Whitton, Australia equities -environmental, social and governance research, Credit Suisse, said that she and her colleagues have been analysing the impact ...

Responsible Investment Certification Program certifies BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... BetaShares' Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: ETHI). Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares ETHI is the first global equities ETF available on the ASX that uses a broad set of ethical eligibility screens. The ETF is based on a basket of 100 ...

Rosenberg Equities analysis suggests low-carbon income strategy possible

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
It's not quite having your cake and eating it too, but quantitative analysis from Rosenberg Equities, AXA IM, demonstrates that income investors can pursue a low-carbon investment strategy without eliminating the income. Kathryn McDonald, director of ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... been excluding tobacco and controversial weapons routinely." In June 2016, SSGA launched the State Street International Equities Index Trust Ex Tobacco Ex Controversial Weapons with significant backing from health insurer Medibank Private. Since its ...