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Super flagged to repair Australia's budget

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... halving the capital gains tax discount, halving the fuel tax credit scheme, and raising taxes on luxury cars, alcohol and tobacco by 15% - all of which would generate more than $16 billion in revenue. The second budget repair option includes a marginal ...

A "must do" for the ECB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
... that we definitely want to take action against." The easing in the core inflation rate - ex energy, food, alcohol and tobacco - to 0.7% in February from 1.0% the month before proves Mario's point. While month to month fluctuations in annual inflation ...

Lazard global equity fund receives first rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... companies that the team believes have reliable or forecastable earnings. It does not generally invest in banks, resources or tobacco stocks. The team believes that revenues of banks and resources are inherently more unpredictable and therefore the antithesis ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... counterparts." Over the year, Zenith has seen "an increased level of interest from clients and investors who want to exclude tobacco related securities from their portfolio. We have also seen managers react to this by changing both mandate guidelines ...

Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... and industries that most Australians are not happy to profit off the back of. For example when people are polled about tobacco, child labour or ammunitions, about 70% say in a number of different polls that this is stuff they didn't expect their ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... one of Australia's first to introduce a socially responsible investment option and enact a portfolio-wide exclusion on tobacco-related investments. HESTA has more than 70% of total assets managed by external investment managers who've made formal commitments ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... www.corporatemonitor.com.au - classifies companies as having direct or indirect involvement in areas such as gaming, alcohol, tobacco, defence, uranium and fossil fuels. The ratings process gathers a wide range of information, dating back to 2001, to ...

HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Neuberger Berman launches global equities fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... by 3.55% per annum over 5 years. The Australian vehicle is benchmarked to the MSCI All Country World Index, excluding tobacco companies. Neuberger Berman Australia joint managing director Lucas Rooney explained that the strategy's "systematic" approach ...

First State Super socially responsible options go green

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... Standard. Brandweiner said that the socially responsible options already go through a range of screens for gaming, uranium and tobacco. The broad fund is not looking to divest from fossil fuel, but Brandweiner said that the fund will introduce energy ...