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Australian Ethical pays out $300k in redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
ASX-listed retail super fund Australian Ethical will make a number of employees redundant following a "substantial reduction" of its Canberra office. In a release published on the ASX website, Australian Ethical chief executive Phil Vernon said, "The ...

Perpetual equities deputy head to step down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... relationship management and business development roles. In July 2011, he took on portfolio management responsibilities for the Ethical SRI Fund. Lanchester will stay with Perpetual during September to transition his responsibilities. Perpetual Investments ...

Austock Life appoints former senior BT executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... covering NSW, QLD and NT. Previously, Newnham worked in senior management and distribution roles at BT, Zurich, Australian Ethical and Lonsec. "Steve's appointment reunites him with former, long-time BT colleague Tony Gobbo, who recently joined us as ...

Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... advisers and the commission structures. We call on those campaigns to be removed." Chief executive of retail fund Australian Ethical Phil Vernon said of the union: "I think it's a wonderful step forward with both parties speaking with one voice. The ...

State Street wins $780m LGS mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has won a $780 million active Australian equities mandate from Local Government Super (LGS). LGS chief investment officer Craig Turnbull said the mandate reflects a move towards more active risk in the portfolio. ...

BFO to "name and shame" misbehaving bankers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... signatories, and ultimately remove from the signatory list, those who they believe are guilty of not upholding the desired ethical standards of the BFO," BFO chairman and AMP Capital chief executive Stephen Dunne said. The panel is currently comprised ...

IPA issues FoFA aligned draft standard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... standard alternative to the current APES 230, the standard for financial advice services by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB). The draft of the Pronouncement of the Board of Directors is aligned with the Future of Financial ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Risks in Supply-Chain Sourcing'. This report coincides with the release of a new joint study by retail fund Australian Ethical and Corporate Analysis, Enhanced Responsibility (CAER), arguing that China already offers many ethically sound investment opportunities. ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... is expected to appeal to investors looking for socially responsible investments, and to superannuation funds offering ethical investment options. The first SBB in Australia - the Newpin SBB - was issued earlier this year by UnitingCare Burnside, with ...

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

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Industry fund NGS Super is currently designing an ethical option that will include environmentally sound investments with other ethical investments such as social benefit bonds (SSBs). "We are taking our current green shares option, and folding that ...