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Australian Unity fund added to Emerald Wrap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... selected, Lucas explained, due to its provision of a fixed interest option "that considers Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues." "The fund will be available on all of Emerald Wrap's investment services including pensions and super funds ...

ACSI and CareSuper launch ESG award

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
ACSI and CareSuper have launched a new award to recognise efforts in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The Michael O'Sullivan ESG Rising Star award commemorates the late CareSuper chair. It is open to professionals working in Australian ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... the team's proactive approach to asset management, in particular, the integration of environmental, social and governance ('ESG') policies and practices within each business. "We have always targeted lead or co-lead roles to ensure we have board representation ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... instruments include equity-like risks and therefore lack the defensive characteristics that bond investors require. Alitus' ESG filter automatically excludes bonds from the fund's investment universe if the primary business activity of the issuer includes ...

Anne-Marie Corboy: A career in retrospect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... and delivered consistently strong returns. It has also been a pioneer in the field of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment. Today Corboy was awarded with the Selecting Super industry service award in recognition of her 35-year contribution ...

AXA IM to open ESG strategy to investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... Investment Managers will offer its impact investing fund of funds strategy to external investors. The fund is part of a suite of ESG integrated multi-asset strategies run by the fund manager. It already has a total of EUR200 million ($287 million) of ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... year periods to August 2014. Funds that define themselves as 'responsible' or follow 'environmental, social and governance' (ESG) factors vary greatly from one another. Some, for example, operate total screening policies on fossil fuels, weapons manufacturer ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... the importance of reducing our reliance on high carbon energy sources," he said. However, he said LGS had "beefed up" its ESG screening of nuclear power companies, and only 18 stocks would be investable worldwide. When asked why LGS had not also excluded ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... "Ultimately, it's about enabling institutional investors to adapt over the longer-term." Cbus environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager Louise Davidson said: "Cbus sees climate change as a significant issue for our investment portfolio ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Retail investors with an interest in responsible investment can now access AXA Investment Managers ESG SmartBeta fund. The AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund is now available on the Asgard platform after having been seeded with $55 million from Financial ...