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Couple faces prison over ponzi-style scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... bogus property developments in Australia and the US. The funds she procured for investment purposes were actually spent gambling at Crown Casino in Melbourne and paying off her credit card debt. Maureen Johnston pleaded guilty to obtaining financial ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI SRI ESG-Weighted Australian Aggregate AU$100M Index. It excludes tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civil firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment, genetically modified organisms and fossil fuel reserves ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... the cheap side. In unlisted, everything looks expensive," Pearce said. The fund has screened for tobacco, armaments, gambling and fossil fuels for more than seven years. Pearce said the fund is content with its ESG and has no immediate plans in the area. ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... actively have a 'no-go' approach to investments in industries such as weapons manufacturing, alcohol production and sales, gambling, pornography and interest-earning financial institutions, such as banks," Yassine explained. "We offer an attractive alternative ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... create changes which improve the retirement outcomes and financial power of women. As such, it excludes investment in gambling, offshore detention, tobacco, weapons, animal cruelty and fossil fuels. The fund will also not invest in companies that abuse ...

University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... fund. This will screen out securities of companies that drive more than 20% of their revenue directly from tobacco, coal, gambling or adult entertainment. Aberdeen Standard Investments is now ANU Endowment Fund's only external Australian fixed income ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... to access diversified international equities and fixed income exposures which exclude fossil fuel reserves, tobacco, gambling, weapons, nuclear power and adult entertainment. Both funds are available to investors now, but will be offered as ETFs from ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... and gas related activities. It also excludes companies involved in socially irresponsible activities such as alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. High ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy, but this is the first one ...

VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... Carbon Capped Index. The index excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves and high carbon emission; operate in alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. VanEck ...