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Hejaz climbs Islamic fund ladder

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... products, alcohol, media, weaponry, tobacco and gambling, making the screening process more stringent than traditional ESG investments, it said. Companies it invests in must have debt-to-market-cap ratio debt below 30%, and tangible assets above 50%. ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) permanently banned a former financial adviser who stole more than $200,000 from client self-managed superannuation funds. Robert Michael of Bentleigh, Victoria has been permanently banned from ...

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... been jailed. James Gibbs was convicted of theft and dishonesty offences committed when he was director of James Gibbs Investments. At the time, Gibbs was an authorised representative of Madison Financial Group. ASIC said losses to Gibbs' clients came ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... returns over long periods. Our Islamic compliant investment approach also means we actively have a 'no-go' approach to investments in industries such as weapons manufacturing, alcohol production and sales, tobacco, gambling, pornography and interest-earning ...

Bonds raise alarm at fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... inflows. In a video posted on their website, Crastes reassured investors that H20 would not freeze its funds. GAM Investments and Woodford Investment Management have previously also come under fire for investing in illiquid assets that forced the managers ...

GAM names local institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
GAM Investments appointed a director for its institutional business in Australia who most recently held an executive role at Brookvine. Alison Wallis will be responsible for business development and servicing the local institutional market and deepening ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... and live animal exports. Future Super offers members three investment options. The balanced index option excludes investments that don't meet the fund's ethical requirements and has a 3-4% exposure to renewables; and the balanced impact option ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... lenses to assess their effectiveness across the ESG spectrum - a systematic process that then focuses research and investments in those companies scoring highly in this regard," Sowerby said. "Second, a strict filter is applied across the investment ...

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has appointed a new chief financial officer. Justine Henwood joins the company from TriCare Aged Care, where she was also chief financial officer. She replaces Elizabeth Walker, who departed Blue Sky for personal reasons ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... part of the campaign named AMP as a super fund that "invests in building pokie machines." While super funds holding investments in Woolworths, Coles and Wesfarmers might not be surprising, the research found many funds have a more direct exposure to ...