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University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...

Member activism could hurt super returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... looked at divesting from coal and fossil fuel months ago, but discarded the idea. "We can divest from Transfield and from tobacco, but Australia is still a fossil fuel-based economy. What would be left to invest in Australia?" he asked, adding that a ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... cycle (before fees). The fund excludes companies whose primary business activity involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal. Companies are also excluded from the investment ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... billion and are growing. He said the 2015 report showed the finance industry was taking stronger positions on issues such as tobacco and fossil fuels and there was growing consumer confidence in responsible and ethical investments. The report said retail ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... obsession with stability is moving investors away from all kinds of opportunities; from healthcare and IT mega caps to tobacco, fracking or coal, according to Ariel Investments chief investment officer of international and global equities Rupal J. Bhansali. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... on buzz for its new "Star Wars" movie. The studio released a trailer for the film featuring Harrison Ford and others. Tobacco giant Philip Morris International shot up 8.7 per cent after lifting its 2015 forecast following a better-than-expected first ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... taking a bottom-up approach: "We start with a universe of around 700 global stocks and we take out companies related to tobacco, alcohol, gambling or the pork industry. We also discard companies that have been sanctioned by regulators." Crescent Wealth ...

UBS launches ethical ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... Management has launched six ETFs aimed at "ethical" investors. The new funds track the MSCI indices that exclude access to tobacco products as well as cluster bombs, landmines, depleted uranium, and chemical and biological weapons. According to UBS head ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... a fossil fuel screening policy across all of their investment options - mirroring a policy many funds already have on tobacco companies. UniSuper and AMP Capital, meanwhile, introduced a fossil fuel screen for their responsible investment options. However ...

Altius launches ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... if the primary business activity of the issuer includes activities related to the production of armaments, uranium and tobacco. "The remaining investment universe is screened in line with the Altius Sustainability Policy, with companies in the universe ...