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Lonsec highly recommends Martin Currie ethical fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... above 5% of revenue in alcohol, adult entertainment, weapons, fur, gambling, genetically modified crops, nuclear power and tobacco. Lonsec said the fund "benefits from a well-structured process and a consistently implemented philosophy specifically targeting ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... only invests in those that pass a series of eligibility screens, removing those with exposure to fossil fuels, gambling, tobacco, armaments, human rights concerns and other activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment best practice. "Australians ...

Irish sovereign fund stamps out tobacco

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
Following in a long line of organisations divesting from tobacco, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund completed the sale of its remaining investments in tobacco manufacturing. As a part of an ongoing strategy to sell its legacy investments, the €8 ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The largest defined-benefit public pension fund in the US will divest from tobacco-related securities across its externally managed portfolios. The move by CalPERS comes on top of its decision in 2000 to divest tobacco from internally managed public ...

Fintech grows through adviser platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Speaking to Financial Standard, Sahgal said some of the best performing themes to date include social media, alcohol and tobacco. Each "vue" carries about 10 stocks and the firm is always searching for new ideas. More recently Macrovue built a "car of ...

Global firm introduces Australian pooled funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... is committed to offering a variety of services and vehicles to investors." Taylor also said that the funds will exclude tobacco and cluster munitions manufacturers. Pzena has appointed Equity Trustees as the responsible entity of the funds and plans ...

Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... exclusions are ever more frequently used - with a third of funds (17 funds) having in place 'whole of fund' exclusions, with tobacco being the most common - yet this is often coupled with a broad range of other approaches to responsible investing. Funds ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
State Street Global Advisors has launched an international equities fund which excludes investment in tobacco and selected armaments. Aimed at institutional investors with increasing interest in ESG investment, the State Street International Equities ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Institutional investors need to do more to combat investment in tobacco, with around $10 billion still invested via superannuation alone. Speaking at an Altius Asset Management event in Sydney yesterday, chief executive of Tobacco Free Portfolios Dr ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... Altius Sustainable Bond Fund does not invest in companies with business activities involving armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or the production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds, Lonsec ...