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Avanteos launches managed account

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2008
... account investments can be held directly or beneficially by clients. Clients can tailor investments based on sustainable, ethical or other considerations. Avanteos also teamed up with CommInsure to launch its new insurance product, LifeProtect, in No ...

AFA pilot course a success

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... he said. "There's a couple of topic areas where we want to go a little more into detail on case studies in terms of the ethical dilemmas and what advisers would do in certain circumstances." Advisers and education specialists with PS 146 Training Australia ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... significant changes to the business and shouldn't adversely affect client portfolios, according to Michelle Brisbane, Ethical Investment Services representative. Brisbane said existing financial advice practices do not need to convert their whole practice ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... standards. The index' inclusion criteria is continually developed to ensure companies maintain or are able to get onto it. The Ethical Investment Research Service (EIRIS) and the firm's partner, the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) assess ...

Climate change funds tick all the boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... was recently removed from the index following its latest review, but has vowed to work hard to be re-included, reported Ethical Investor magazine. The DJSWI is a "best of sector" index comprising 320 companies that amount to $6 billion in market capitalisation. ...

TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... returns for our customers and KiwiSavers. "Adopting these principles means that we are serious about putting responsible and ethical investment concerns to the forefront of our decision making. These will apply to all our investments including KiwiSaver ...

Aus Ethical World Trust beats benchmark

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
Australian Ethical Investment is celebrating the one year anniversary of its World Trust after it outperformed its benchmark by 100 basis points since inception. The World Trust was launched on August 2 amidst falling global stock markets and, as such ...

ASX firms snub climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008
An Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) report found more than half of S&P/ASX 200 listed companies, representing over $605 billion in market capitalisation, are not taking action on climate change issues. The EIRIS report identified nearly ...

New Aus Ethical CIO aids expansion strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
Australian Ethical appointed former nabCapital managing director, Martin Halloran as chief investment officer to assist in boosting its exposure to the structured credit market and its push into the institutional sector. Halloran replaces previous chief ...

CFA decorates Ambachtsheer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... association for investment professionals provides the CFA and CIPM curriculum and exam programs, publishes research and sets ethical, professional reporting based standards. The institute includes more than 95,000 members, comprising of the world's 82,400 ...