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Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest has outperformed mainstream accumulation indices by wide margins, Ethinvest said. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director The Ethinvest ASX50 Screened Index ...

ESG risks impact transport sector earnings, share price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... price. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny There are three key risks to the transport sector in 2013 - increased cost of poor occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance, risk of industrial action and corporate governance issues, according to Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... cross-cutting theme. Another one is inequality - we're seeing a growing social divide in incomes but also in education and in health. If we're going to meet the big economic challenges of the next 30 years, we're going to need a skilled workforce and ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... well. The impact of having the StepUP loan has meant improved living conditions, reducing stress and anxiety, improving health, improved contact with family and friends." The CIS calculated that the total value of the economic outcomes for a volume of ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... has bought a former tourism business and turned it into low-cost accommodation service for people coming to Cairns for health services, as well as crisis accommodation for the homeless. The money has gone towards the purchase and refurbishment of the ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... ASX200 has nearly double the number of companies with no women or just one woman on the board. ACSI also found that the health care sector has the lowest average number of women directors - an average of less than 10% women "in an industry where 70% ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... 0.3% of the value of the Future Fund. "The board noted tobacco's very particular characteristics including its damaging health effects, addictive properties and that there is no safe level of consumption," said David Gonski, board chairman, in a statement. ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... measure of education as an average length of schooling and he expected length of schooling based on enrollments by age; health as measured by life expectancy at birth, and standard of living calculated as gross income per capita corrected for purchasing ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... circle-shaped diagram that put the customer in the circle. Chapman and Marshall both spoke to initiatives addressing employee health - Chapman of Xtrata, which has mining operations in South Africa, pointed to an HIV/AIDS health initiative. Chapman said ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Pension schemes could potentially become insolvent within 35 years if future global economic growth is hindered by resource constraints and increasing costs from environmental pressures, according to new research from the British Institute and Faculty ...