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Omega wins institutional credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... credit mandate by a $1 billion institutional investor. Uniting Financial Services, the funds management arm of The Uniting Church Synod of NSW and the ACT, appointed Omega on its ability to tailor the strategy to the ethical, environmental, social and ...

Uniting Church fund manager appoints investments director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
UCA Funds Management, the Uniting Church in Australia's dedicated ethical funds manager, has appointed a new director, investments. Benjamin Pedley joins UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank Hong Kong, where he was head of investment strategy ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... trusted and experienced external custodian provides," Walsh said. UCA Funds Management, social enterprise of the Uniting Church in Australia, offers investment options which support an ethical approach to charities, faith-based organisations and personal ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... The current members include Uniting Financial Services senior portfolio manager Matthew Moore, who sits on the Uniting Church (NSW) Synods Ethical Investment Committee and is a former director of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia and ...

LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... portfolio manager of direct property for Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the $1bn treasury and investment arm of the Uniting Church in Australia, a fund that, like LGS, puts a strong emphasis on responsible investment. LGS chief executive Peter Lambert ...

UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... exportation of thermal coal and unconventional oil and gas. The ethical fund manager, which is associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, will join a very small group of Australian fund managers that have a specific screening policy on fossil fuels ...

UFS adopts Rubik's 'Bank in a Box' technology

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the treasury arm of the Uniting Church, has fully adopted Rubik's Software as a Service (SaaS) product. The 'Bank in a Box' solution provides comprehensive banking software via cloud technology to financial organisations ...

Former UniSuper CEO joins UCA FM board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
Former UniSuper chief executive Terry McCredden has been appointed a non-executive director at Uniting Church affiliated ethical investor, UCA Funds Management. UCA Funds Group chairperson Dick Carter said of the appointment: "We are delighted to have ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... goals are reached. This puts the onus on UnitingCare Burnside to perform. "It could be 'win-win-win-win' because Uniting Church is getting a funding source, the government is hopefully gaining savings, the children are being reunited with their families ...

Niche mergers have their benefits

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... the fund was at 84%, following recent mergers with Cuesuper (for credit union employees) in 2011 and UCSuper (for Uniting Church employees) in 2012. "I often hear trustees and executives in the superannuation industry express concern about the short- ...