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AMP Capital awards $670m to NZ boutique manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... managing the types of portfolios we offered for tender as well as having a truly integrated approach to responsible investing," he added. Salt is fully owned by its investment personnel and was selected because of its ability to align with AMP Capital's ...

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
... restricted diversification and performance," he said. "We are seeing an increasing number of investors mentioning responsible investing as a consideration for them and decided to launch a fund that meets this growing demand while at the same time delivering ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... current and future ESG activities, which will be published on the SSE website." Like the UN's Principles for Responsible Investing (UNPRI), the SSE will apparently require its partners to make very few practical changes. When asked whether it intended ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... reflects investors' growing interest and concern regarding these investments." While many funds talk about responsible investing and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, very few have taken the step of actively screening companies with ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... McDonald, who co-authored the paper, said they have pursued the ESG element for investors with a bent towards responsible investing rather than as a way to create alpha. "I would not sell this as an alpha idea," she said. "But what I would say is, you ...

Regulators must enforce rules, not write them: Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the drum of long-term investing in super, arguing that "short-termism in superannuation is the enemy of responsible investing."

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... AIST in January to accept the role of managing director of the London-based United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI). Garcia's appointment is immediate. He will meet with all AIST member funds in the near future to discuss their req ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... ethical corporate governance then it must obligate financial planners to ask their clients about socially responsible investing, according to Australian Ethical's Phil Vernon. The managing director of the superannuation and responsible investment specialist ...

ESG Vet takes reins at Uniting Church fund manager

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... will start as boss of uniting Church investment wing UCA Funds Management from February 4 this year. The responsible investing veteran was drawn to the role by UCA Funds Management's track record as a not-for-profit, socially responsible investment house ...