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Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed a new head of ethics to further develop the company's ethical investment frameworks. Dr Stuart Palmer formally of St James Ethics Centre will work with the company's ethical advisers CAER and the investment ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... the opening plenary session, international celebrity human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson put responsible, ethical investment at the heart of his address. Speaking about the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), Robertson said ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Eaton Vance Management International (EVMI) has appointed former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. ...

Former UniSuper CEO joins UCA FM board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... us a unique combination of a long career as a superannuation fund CEO, an enviable track record in building ethical investment strategies, and a background in the financial management of a Christian Church." UCA Funds Management follows the ethical guidelines ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... CommBank/CFS, Westpac/BT, NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath, IOOF, Aon, Suncorp and Tidswell. Some retail funds such as Australian Ethical Investment, Bendigo Bank and Virgin Super are meanwhile using the advent of MySuper as an opportunity to increase their footprint ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has won two business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australia's second social benefit bond (SBB), issued by the Benevolent Society in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac, has closed after raising its target $10 million. The Benevolent Society SBB, which will help fund the ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

Australian Ethical pays out $300k in redundancies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... considerably over the past few years. "In order to continue to provide our clients with competitively priced ethical investment products and a high quality client experience, it is critical that we operate as effectively and efficiently as possible." ...