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VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... related activities. It also excludes companies involved in socially irresponsible activities such as alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. High carbon emitters ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... involved in, he explained. By way of example, some companies that may be screened generate 5% or more revenue from alcohol or tobacco sales; produce uranium; emit fossil fuels; manufacture nuclear weapons; or engage in genetic engineering and so on. ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... engagement and shareholder action and ESG integration into financial analysis. The most popular fund-wide screens were against tobacco and armaments stocks, to promote human rights and divest from fossil fuels. "This is playing out with many funds starting ...

SSGA launches ESG-heavy strategy for Aussie instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Equities Index Trust is the next iteration of an index fund launched 18 months ago, screening out companies involved in tobacco and controversial weapons. The new fund for Australian instos was valued at $229 million as at 28 February 2018. SSGA said ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... billion asset manager has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy, but ...

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... governance (ESG) manager specialising in emerging markets. Block said ACS has invested heavily in renewables and excises all tobacco products. It partners with Australian Ethical to implement its ESG charter, providing an option for members who would ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... volatility, currency and inflation." "The fund also seeks to exclude investments in companies that manufacture weapons, tobacco products or do significant damage to the environment and society generally. There are very few absolute return bond funds ...

Legg Mason affiliate divests tobacco, cluster bombs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate is divesting investments linked to tobacco and cluster munitions in its fixed income strategies. Western Asset is removing these investments in the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund and Legg Mason Western Asset Australian ...

VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... Index. The index excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves and high carbon emission; operate in alcohol, gambling, tobacco, military weapons, civilian firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment and genetically modified organisms. VanEck managing ...

Eurozone low-flation to 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... increase in the previous quarter. All together and abstracting from the volatility in the prices of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, the core inflation rate stood at a five-month low 0.9% in the year to November - unchanged from the October but lower ...