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Demand for ethical investments soars

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... focused on investments screened for "environmental, social, governance and ethical factors". Members include Ethical Investment Advisers, Justinvest Financial Planning, Novo Wealth, Accord Financial Solutions, AJ Financial Planning, Ethical Investment ...

Instreet acquires ethical platform for responsible investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
Boutique investment manager Instreet Investments has acquired the Emerald Club and its flagship Responsible Investment (RI) product, The Emerald Wrap. Tailored to advisers with clients seeking an ethical foundation for investments, the Emerald Wrap ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... Uniting Financial Services senior portfolio manager Matthew Moore, who sits on the Uniting Church (NSW) Synods Ethical Investment Committee and is a former director of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia and Trevor Thomas from Ethinvest. ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... sector' approach. "The challenge for advisers is to recommend the right funds that align with their clients' ethical investment motivation," Sweeney said. "Traditional ethical funds have different approaches to ESG funds. For example, some fund managers ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... number of staff." The majority of signatories were either private investors or investment professionals from the ethical investment sector. Very few large, mainstream superannuation funds or fund managers signed.

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... Australian Fund Manager Foundation. Australian Ethical beat finalists Perennial and Platinum, becoming the first ethical investment specialist to win the award. The fund returned 25.7% for the year ending 30 June 2014. Australian Ethical chief investment ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... possible $247 billion that could be moved away from fossil fuels. The new fund was co-founded by former Australian Ethical Investment senior relationships manager Adam Verway. Sheikh and Verway have also recruited Jemma Green, a former vice president ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... fossil fuels. Tom Swann, a spokesperson for the group, said: "We welcome ANU choosing CAER as a provider of ethical investment information. But we are still yet to see what information they are actually buying and what ANU will do with it. "At the end ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... Australian Christian Super will merge with the $850 million Christian Super on 1 October 2014. Both funds prioritise ethical investment, a fact which Australian Christian Super director Scott Haslem said made the two funds a good match. "The decision ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... World Bank has dubbed it. Other Australian investors include Aberdeen Asset Management, AMP Capital, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. The Green Bond is ...