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Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG investment advice and practices. Towards a more explicit understanding of ESG More explicit regulation on how ESG screens are used in funds and financial products will enable financial advisers to communicate more clearly with customers and avoid ...

Investment Leadership Awards ESG winners revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment methodology as key reasons behind the demand and return of ETHI. "ETHI applies some of the most stringent ESG screens in the industry," BetaShares head of strategy Ilan Israelstam previously told FS Sustainability. "There's also an additional ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... 1964); Gen X (1965-1979), Millennials/Gen Y, (DOB 1980-1996) and Gen Z (1997-2015). Nucleus Wealth aggregated 25 ethical screens into seven groups - human rights, war, climate, vice, religion, health and animal rights. According to responses, only a ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... Aristocrats Indices applies S&P Global's ESG scores to establish the investible universe. The indices apply additional screens and exclude companies that are involved in specific business activities, including those that are not aligned with the principles ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients. "These ethical fund ratings help advisers to see at a glance which investment and super funds are providing stronger screens and more transparency around holdings, voting and engagement," she says. "Open discussions like this are another way ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... option," said Andrew Lill, chief investment officer, Rest. The equities portion of the option feature positive and negative screens. It screens out companies involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply chains, fossil fuels, animal cruelty ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... markets, improving health outcomes, increasing efficiency and reducing costs." The Better Future Trust applies several screens to the portfolio - one screen is a minimum market cap of $50 million. Perennial then applies a negative screen, eliminating ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting, portfolio holdings disclosure, the investor groups or affiliations it belongs to, the use of positive and negative screens and other factors. LGS, UniSuper, Future Super, HOSTPLUS and Mercy Super round out the top ten. "Part of being a super ...

Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting, portfolio holdings disclosure, the investor groups or affiliations it belongs to, the use of positive and negative screens and other factors. LGS, UniSuper, Future Super, HOSTPLUS and Mercy Super round out the top ten. Rainmaker Information ...

AustralianSuper adds sustainable ETFs to platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) research capabilities to ensure only the inclusion of high ESG performers. ESGI screens for fossil fuels and socially responsible investments (SRI), combined with ESG leadership and low carbon impact. GRNV is ...