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Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... social screens to "exclude or reduce exposure" to companies connected to or derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child labour, cluster munitions, pornography and factory farming, the asset manager said. Dimensional's methodology ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... process. Michael Walsh, CEO of UCA Funds Management flagged that his organisation is assessing its position on online gambling with a particular focus on banks that permit their credit cards to be used in the process of online gambling. Walsh was a key ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... they want to screen out some of those poorer-performing ESG industries or companies," Leonard said. "We have bans on gambling, tobacco, and the like for some clients, and they'll also look at limiting high carbon sensitive companies. So that's how some ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... assessed and approved." The fund screens out companies if their "primary business activity involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal," according to Altius Asset Management. ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... conversation here in Australia. We're still overall extremely disappointing that the majority of superannuation funds are still gambling with the retirement [benefits of members] when it comes to climate and carbon risk." The Climate Institute performed ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... hold corporate debt from fossil fuel companies or convertible notes from companies that derive material business from gambling, another area of exclusion, Walsh said. The cash portfolio's mortgage book makes loans to community service organisations ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... fund also excludes companies that have more than a 10% exposure to tobacco, nuclear power, including uranium, armaments, gambling, alcohol and pornography. This range stands alone, but AMP Capital also integrates ESG issues more broadly. "AMP Capital ...

UCA Funds Management sets exclusions in fossil fuel policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... ethical decisions, one of the decisions we need to make is, does society need this industry to operate? We don't need a gambling industry - our civilisation would be fine without it. We have that values-based decision to exclude gambling from investment. ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... in their buildings as well as the question of "pariah tenants" - tenants that work in alcohol, tobacco, pornography, gambling, armaments and nuclear energy. The equity research team spoke with the REITs about their approach to the ethical impacts of ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... management agreement - there's a minimum 10% threshold that screens out stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling, armaments and tobacco, and there's the SRI overlay." Hartnett said that it is more difficult to use responsible investment ...