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80% of Aussies expect ethical investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... their money in super, banks and other investments to be invested responsibly, with 17% of Australians already investing in ethical and responsible products, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA has released From ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... scored," she explains. BetaShares is one of the managers that does screen for gender equality in its ESG funds. Its range of ethical ETFs all screen out companies with no women on their board of directors. "For example, our ETHI and FAIR funds are tilted ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... that's been put out there by a fund manager like ourselves," he says. Israelstam notes the best example of this is ethical investing, because it makes the most sense for those who want to use direct indexing. "When it comes to ETFs, the vast majority ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... prices." Cannon-Brookes is on a mission to make Australia more sustainable, investing $200 million into Infradebt's Ethical Fund to help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. AGL has plans to spin off its coal power stations to ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... the conflict and meet the threshold for conduct that would see them excluded". According to Mindful Money, an ethical investment initiative by Sustainable Initiatives Aotearoa, New Zealand investors including the NZ Super Fund and ACC held about NZ$100 ...

U Ethical adds two directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
U Ethical Investors has appointed two new directors to its board. Annette King and Robin Burns join its board of directors. King has over 18 years' experience in directorships including with MLC Australia, Swiss Re, AFG and FNZ Group. She also has over ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Grok Ventures allocated the sizeable investment via specialist private infrastructure debt fund manager Infradebt's Ethical Fund (IEF), About $35 million of the funds will go towards a senior debt facility for the Genex Boulderstone Battery Energy ...

Rest awards responsible investment mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The $70 billion industry fund, Rest, has awarded an investment mandate for its ethical investment option. The fund awarded an enhanced ESG mandate to Parametric and Calvert. The mandate is designed to provide further diversification to Rest's Sustainable ...

Co-founder departs Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... teams. "Verwey steps away from his full-time role at Future Super but will continue to be actively involved in ethical investment and shareholder advocacy through his director role at ACCR [Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility], investment ...

Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... (67%) are the most widely used social media platforms by advisers. Similar to Australia, the survey found that crypto and ethical investing, as well as the need for financial literacy are on the rise in the US. The low interest rate environment is forcing ...