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Flows to SRI ETFs boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
New research has found global flows to socially responsible investment (SRI) equities ETFs almost doubled between 2020 and 2021. According to Zenith's 2021 International Shares Sector Report, SRI- themed ETFs in October 2021 had funds under management ...

Hostplus grilled on common ownership, collusion

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... outsourced. Hostplus has several mandates with IFM, being in Aussie equities; a passive strategy; a socially responsible investment and a small-cap strategy. The most recent mandate awarded to IFM is a quantitative strategy, which is both an active and ...

ESG lead departs super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... replacement. Bradshaw was with the fund for just under two years and was portfolio manager for its socially responsible investment option. She also led its ESG initiatives. Prior to joining ACSRF, Bradshaw spent more than six years in institutional business ...

Retail funds blitz personal-balanced options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... AustralianSuper's Personal Plan Balanced fund with 19.5% and Hostplus' Personal Super Socially Responsible Investment Balanced fund with 19.4% rounded the top five. Retirement-balanced options provided by FirstChoice and MLC were the top performers ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... market. Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to 'Sustainable Growth', the fund's first socially responsible investment option developed on the back of member feedback. Rest estimates total investment costs will come in at 0.36% per annum ...

Super fund ups stake in renewable company

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... of growing demand from members who want a more sustainable approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a range of industries that includes companies that own reserves, explore, mine, extract ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). Now, it will start using socially responsible investment (SRI) criteria, effective April 19. Speaking with Financial Standard, Lopez said the change in the fund's investible companies ...

NGS strengthens ESG, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... the $12 billion industry fund for non-government schools, has strengthened the exclusions in its socially responsible investment option and increased fees. The fund notified members that new exclusions will be applied to its Socially Responsible Diversified ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... demand from members who want a more sustainable and principled approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a broader range of industries. From February 15, the option excludes companies that own ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... settlement with member Mark McVeigh, Rest is seeking feedback from members as to what they feel a socially responsible investment option should look like at the fund. According to the fund, the product will have a 'growth' investment profile ...