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Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Michael Block said the fund has run a responsible investment option (previously managed by AMP and now managed by Australian Ethical) since 2002 and the new appointment will build its ESG capabilities in the main fund. "Like most other funds, the vast ...

Boutique distribution lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... distribution Rebecca Pun is now a portfolio manager at Viridian Advisory. In the new role, Pun is responsible for large-cap Australian equities. Pun held the lead distribution role at Fortius for just over a year, having joined from Uniting Financial ...

AMP Capital revamps ethical super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
AMP Capital announced a series of updates to its ethical superannuation funds - including a new name, enhanced screens and an industry-first advisory committee. Previously known as the AMP Capital Responsible Investments Leaders funds, the funds will ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... outlined in the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing Sustainable Development Goals, he says. Australian Ethical head of ethics research Stuart Palmer agrees, saying impact-washing presents a significant challenge for the industry. He's ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... Australian Ethical's Super Employer - Advocacy (12%), Media Super's Sustainable Future Shares (11.5%), Australian Ethical Super Employer's Growth (10.3%) and First State Super Employer's Australian Socially Responsible Equities (10.2%) ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across one, five and 10 year time spans. According to the report, Australian equities responsible share funds have an average return of 6.43% over five years and 12.39% over 10 years. This compares ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... Pool offering come out on top with a return of 10.3% per annum. Rounding out the top three per annum is the Australian Ethical Superannuation Fund Employer - International Shares option with 9.79%, followed closely by UniSuper's Sustainable High ...

Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... may alter their rating. When asked why none of the ethical funds received a five leaf rating, Pinnell used Australian Ethical as an example, saying its investment in NAB was enough to knock off half a leaf post-Royal Commission. Pengana's WHEB Sustainable ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... "Our portfolios abated more carbon than was produced. When you look at our impact report and then you look at supposedly ethical funds who are hoping to de-carbonise their portfolios by 2050, you start to think those superfunds don't look very ambitious ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... New Zealand, Andy Sowerby, said: "It's a privilege to be able to offer this innovative capability to investors in the Australian market for the first time." The newly created global responsible investment fund offers two distinct features. "First, it ...