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New ethical investing app has launched

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2022
... social contribution, tax rates paid on profits, corporate governance, and future prospects, through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The fund uses negative screens to exclude a company if it carries on business in 11 different ...

AFA Thrive Conference kicks off

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... advocating for advice. The first presenter was former mayor Matina Jewell who spoke about her time serving as a United Nations Peacekeeper and have her insights on leadership resilience in some of the toughest environments in the world. Concluding that ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... only work we are doing in the ESG space - we are also updating our exclusions and mapping our investments to the United Nations Sustainable Development goals, as well as seeking out impact investment opportunities." The super fund also informed members ...

Frontier appoints head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... consultant. In January of this year, two senior consultants, Priya Patel and Michiel Swaak joined Frontier, while former United Nations PRI chief executive Fiona Reynolds took a seat on the board in February. Frontier has about $600 billion in funds ...

Frontier recruits two senior consultants

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... quantitative finance solutions at Deloitte and worked for the likes of QIC, Macquarie and SJS Family Office. Former United Nations PRI chief executive Fiona Reynolds will join the Frontier board in February. The hires bring Frontier's recruitment drive ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... climate and resources, social equity and quality of life, and sustainable innovation and productivity guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It also excludes certain industries and companies, including fossil fuels, tobacco ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... investments, and revise their definitions of controversial weapons to include nuclear weapons in line with the United Nations. The report states that while several superannuation fund websites state that they exclude controversial weapons, they do not ...

Aware Super chief executive named Fund Executive of the Year

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors and a member of the United Nations Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance. "As a proud sponsor of the award, we congratulate Deanne for her tenacity ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
... long-term holdings of fossil fuel reserves." Elsewhere, Goldman Sachs joined as a signatory to the industry-led, United Nations-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Goldman Sachs announced in March it is aligning its financing activities with a net zero ...