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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 ...

BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... Sustainability ETF, traded under the ticker code FAIR, screens out ASX stocks engaged in the fossil fuel industry as well as "gambling, tobacco, armaments, uranium and nuclear energy, destruction of valuable environments, animal cruelty, chemicals of ...

CBA faces anti-money laundering allegations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... penalty a court may order for an individual contravention is $18 million. Earlier this year, the Federal Court fined gambling and entertainment company Tabcorp $45 million for 108 breaches of the act, the highest civil penalty in Australian corporate ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... divestment, the report shows an increase in negative screening across the market, particularly against weapons, tobacco, gambling, as well as significant increases in exclusions based on nuclear power and human rights," RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... investors can screen out or remove investments which produce, sell or promote products or activities such as alcohol, gambling and tobacco, and which they do not wish to support through their investment." "As such, a fund which adopts an ESG approach ...

Man posing as financial adviser charged

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... He was refused bail and will appear at Central Local Court today where police will alleged the funds had been used for gambling. The fraud offences have been valued at approximately $750,000. The arrest follows the establishment of Strike Force Penwell ...

VicSuper launches ESG member option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... investments in companies holding fossil fuel reserves for energy purposes; companies materially involved in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, firearms, pornography and genetically modified organisms; and companies that have involvements in "severe incidents ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... required to meet a number of conditions including: 1. Exclude companies that derive more than 20% of revenues from coal, gambling, tobacco or pornography. 2. Hold a portfolio with 25% less carbon intensity than the S&P/ASX 200. 3. Ensure that the portfolio ...

Mercer wins university investment mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... and biological, chemical or nuclear weapons. It will also avoid companies with material exposure to tobacco, alcohol, gambling or gaming, adult entertainment and thermal coal, and will target companies with innovative solutions to sustainable development. ...