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Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of retail and industry funds, net of fees and tax. By virtue of its Islamic investment philosophy and inherently conservative approach the Fund is in a far stronger position to deal with - and grow from - the uncertainties of the market brought by COVOD-19 ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... "It's not that we don't have companies that have bought back their own shares in the past, but by and large we have a conservative approach to balance sheet quality and strength," Berrutti said. "We have a disproportionate number of companies that have ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... launched of Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future, a sub fund aiming to provide sustainable returns with a conservative risk profile. Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future has an investment universe designed for diversified investing across ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... a consumer having a reaction, and becomes a word of mouth problem, it would be good to see, I suppose, more of a conservative approach, a precautionary approach. That will curtail some of that regrettable substation of compounds as well." For its part ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... carbon reduction requirement to align with a 2-degree warming target, MSCI said. "We looked at a scenario with a conservative view, and then the element around power utilities and relief, and then what would happen under the Paris scenario," said Brendan ...

Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Katherine Christ of the University of South Australia and Roger Burritt of the Australian National University Dr Katherine Christ and Professor Roger Burritt Revealing the world ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Investment managers and banks are focusing their attention on cash as an asset class that can be developed into responsible investment and ethical cash products, driven by retail demand and core business strategy. Sasha Courville, head of social innovation ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... targeting a 5% reduction in recidivism, and we'd be disappointed if that's all it achieves," Waddell said. "It's conservative to make that statement." The New South Wales government calculates it costs taxpayers someone $180 per day to hold someone in ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... first place, and understand that there might be a wide range of risks," she said. "We recommend that services be conservative on benefits, because it makes more sense when you're estimating in the beginning." The benefits of programs can also be impacted ...

Peter Woolcott outlines Australian priorities for COP21

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... year," he said. " It does show that we are moving in the right direction, and the methodology to account for this was conservative, and the methodology was open to criticism. We decided as OECD that we would not going to negotiate with the developing ...