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Aus Ethical wins CMSF gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... Australian Ethical Investment's Retail Superannuation fund has won the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) sustainable investment Infinity Award for the second year running. The Infinity Award recognises the fund as a leader in sustainable investment ...

Christian Super wins top sustainability gong

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Christian Super has been named this year's Sustainable Super Fund of the Year. The super fund beat two other finalists, VicSuper and Hesta, to receive top scores from the judges across five criteria including engagement, investment initiatives, sustainable ...

Clean tech sector continues to expand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Financial planners should be confident the clean technology sector is a viable long-term opportunity after US based investment in the sector rose 55 per cent to more than $2.4 billion over a year, according to CVC Sustainable Investments. Sean Wiles ...

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Fahy. "I don't think people opened up their super fund statements last month and thought 'I should be in sustainable investment'," he said. "Bankers and money managers are aware of sustainability issues but are not yet integrating this information." ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... existing financial advice practices do not need to convert their whole practice to advise on ethical or sustainable investment choices. "I don't think it would be a big switch, you just need to make sure they get equal or better returns. It doesn't have ...

Climate change funds tick all the boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Dow Jones' decision to remove AGL from its Sustainability World Index (DJSWI) illustrates the overlap that now exists between infrastructure investments, traditional and alternative energy and sustainable investments. AGL was recently removed from the ...

Planners miss sustainable mark: Fahy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... Fahy said research conducted with Griffith University found financial advisers overall had not embraced sustainable investment themes. "The Griffith research found that the level of awareness and engagement was probably lowest among the financial planning ...

Perpetual value in retirement : SelectingSuper

... hardest hit," said the group in a report. Also in the top 10 of the SelectingSuper tables were OneAnswer's Sustainable Investment option, ING Select Leaders and CFSI Australian Share. CitySuper's Australian Shares and Socially Responsible Investments ...

Emerging market funds to be rated on sustainability

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2008
... Pacific, said the research will "bring colour to the picture" of the conditions of these markets and explore sustainable investment opportunities. "We believe there are probably many managers and companies already engaging in sustainable practices, but ...

Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Swiss sustainable investment market jumped 67 per cent last year to $33 billion at the end of December 2007, according to investment consulting and research company onValues. The Zurich based firm surveyed 19 investment managers on "specialist sustainable ...