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AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... 5. The Ethical Advisers' Co-op said they were impressed by Future Super's exclusions of fossil fuels, gambling, tobacco, armaments, nuclear, live animal exports, old growth logging, animal cruelty, bribery, intensive agriculture, environmental ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... skills. Louise has a passion for ESG but also funds, investments and products skills." The fund has already divested all tobacco holdings and is now considering its policy around fossil fuels, climate change, proxy voting, remuneration, gender equality ...

Client ethics the future of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide, Ethics Partners founder Clare Payne used her experience in ethical investing and tobacco exclusions to inform a discussion about the importance of financial advisers considering clients' ethics in recommending ...

Hejaz climbs Islamic fund ladder

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... fixed income assets. In line with Sharia principles, its portfolio excludes banks, pig products, alcohol, media, weaponry, tobacco and gambling, making the screening process more stringent than traditional ESG investments, it said. Companies it invests ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... allow investors to gain exposure to global fixed income securities while excluding issuers across eight core filters: tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. ...

Cooper Investors launches equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... pensions phase or for charities and foundations." The fund will exclude companies whose primary business is the production of tobacco, controversial weapons or gambling. The internal fund returned 16.2% gross absolute return p.a. in the two and half ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... impact-washing throughout his career. "There was one fund - and I won't name names - which had Exxon in it and British American Tobacco in it. It's difficult to understand how those companies could be in an impact fund by the traditional meaning ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... actively have a 'no-go' approach to investments in industries such as weapons manufacturing, alcohol production and sales, tobacco, gambling, pornography and interest-earning financial institutions, such as banks. "We offer an attractive alternative ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... entirely in line with the most common negative screens. Investment managers are most likely to screen out weapons and tobacco before fossil fuels and human rights violations.

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... weapons, controversial weapons, fossil fuels, gambling, genetically modified organisms, nuclear power, nuclear weapons and tobacco).

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN
Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA
A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI
Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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