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Super fund launches new options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
A $1.5 billion superannuation fund has introduced new ethical options for its 27,000 members. Christian Super, which is a founding signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, has launched two new options: Ethical Growth Plus ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Investment options managed according to socially responsible, ethical or sustainability principles tend to outperform in the short-term, new superannuation research shows. Rainmaker's latest Roundup report, which analysed 139 multi-manager, strategic ...

Legg Mason subsidiary becomes PRI signatory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
A wholly-owned Legg Mason subsidiary became a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Brandywine Global Investment Management's commitment to the PRI was described by David Hoffman, Brandywine's global fixed income ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has given top marks to the NZ Super Fund. The sovereign wealth fund has received an A+ rating for responsible investment governance and strategy and either A or A+ ratings across all reported ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
BMO Global Asset Management has been appointed to support three New Zealand pension funds managing more than $53.2 billion with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. BMO will provide responsible investment engagement services for New Zealand ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Socially responsible investment took centre stage at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) 2013 National Conference in Perth this week. Speaking at the opening plenary session, international celebrity human rights lawyer Geoffrey ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
The ACT government will become the first government in Australia to specifically exclude its investment funds from investing into the tobacco and arms industries. The prohibition is expected to only marginally impact the investment strategy of the $2.3 ...

CFSGAM boosts responsible investment team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has augmented its responsible investment team with two appointments. Pablo Berrutti, ex-head of responsible investment at Perpetual will take the newly created role of head of responsible investment ...

CFSGAM tops global UNPRI rankings

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
CFSGAM has topped five out of six United Nations responsible investment rankings with the fund manager urging the local institutional market to see the real benefits in responsible investing. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) achieved ...