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VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... billion state-owned funds manager for a number of public authorities and bodies. Divestment in tobacco manufacturers equities should be finalised by 30 June 2015, the fund said. "The issue of tobacco exposure has been under review by the VFMC board since ...

Australian Ethical surpasses $1 billion AUM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... investment performances are regularly in the top quartile of the Mercer tables." Vernon also noted that AEI's International Equities Trust received the award for best international fund at the prestigious Australian Fund Manager Awards. "From an investment ...

LGS appoint two to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... strategies, alternative assets and dynamic asset allocation across market cycles. Swift comes to LGS from API Capital, a global equities funds manager. He was previously head of BT Investment Management's multi-strategies team. "The LGS Board has committed ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Northern Trust will bring its asset management business to Australia in 2015, and will look to offer equities products including those specifically tailored for environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates. Rohan Singh, managing director, Northern ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... products for adviser-connected clients." At the moment, the model portfolios and funds available on The Emerald Wrap are all equities based, but Instreet is exploring widening the asset classes that would be on offer to advisers, such as delving into ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  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. SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company Social ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... aware that a lot of investors who want to invest witha responsible/sustainable overlay to their investments could do in equities with a fair bit of choice, but there's not a lot with respect to bonds, and often times they invest in things like hybrids ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... different approach to ethical cash management. UCA Funds Management does invest in the big four banks, both in terms of equities and in terms of cash instruments, said managing director Michael Walsh. UCA Funds Management's investment policy states that ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Rosenberg's SmartBeta quantitative strategy, which improves sharpe ratios and maximises risk-adjusted returns by eliminating equities that have "unappealing earnings profiles" and high volatility, and overlays it with ESG data from AXA IM's responsible ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio. See Also: UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual ...