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Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... activity, such as funding fossil fuel projects, as well as companies with other negative ESG exposures, including gambling, tobacco, armaments, junk foods and payday lending, are also removed. FAIR also applies a gender diversity screen to companies ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... addressing problems- healthcare is the obvious one, for example." The fund also screens out certain categories - alcohol, tobacco, logging of old growth forests, weapons, gambling, pornography, nuclear and fossil fuels. In addition to disclosing financial ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Legg Mason's fixed income affiliate Western Asset Managementwill remove investments linked to tobacco and cluster munitions from the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund. The decision to remove ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... manufacture or testing of nuclear explosive devices (NEDs); the manufacture of anti-personnel mines; the manufacture of tobacco; the processing of whale meat. "The Fund also excludes a small number of individual companies for severe breaches of responsible ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... screen, and also screens out companies that pose significant environmental social and governance risks, including gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium and nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of concern, mandatory ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) the investment management business of State Street Corporation has decided to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons shares from the State Street Global Index Plus Trust. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... the results of the DJSI review. The three largest additions to the DJSI World are Samsung Electronics, British American Tobacco, and ASML Holding, whilst the three largest deletions are Enbridge Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group plc, Rio Tinto. DJSI notes ...

New super funds use technology, responsible investment focus to reach members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Human Super has two options - a balanced fund and a growth fund. Both funds have an ESG screen in place to screen out tobacco, coal mines, and companies with boards that have no women, Helyar-Moray said. "The reason for that is, apart from no females ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... KiwiSaver funds in August 2016, which led to a massive increase in the use of negative screens to avoid investments in tobacco and controversial weapons, the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2017 found. The controversy and immediate response of ...