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AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... prices." Cannon-Brookes is on a mission to make Australia more sustainable, investing $200 million into Infradebt's Ethical Fund to help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. AGL has plans to spin off its coal power stations to ...

Advisers call out regulation backflip

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... asking whose principles will be applied. "Will we be allowing advisers to use their professional judgement and be guided by ethical standards, as has been promoted since the introduction of the Code of Ethics? If so, what happens when the regulator disagrees ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... linked to the conflict and meet the threshold for conduct that would see them excluded". According to Mindful Money, an ethical investment initiative by Sustainable Initiatives Aotearoa, New Zealand investors including the NZ Super Fund and ACC held ...

U Ethical adds two directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
U Ethical Investors has appointed two new directors to its board. Annette King and Robin Burns join its board of directors. King has over 18 years' experience in directorships including with MLC Australia, Swiss Re, AFG and FNZ Group. She also has over ...

Cannon-Brookes invests in renewables transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Grok Ventures allocated the sizeable investment via specialist private infrastructure debt fund manager Infradebt's Ethical Fund (IEF), About $35 million of the funds will go towards a senior debt facility for the Genex Boulderstone Battery Energy ...

GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... trading platform IG Australia, launched GigSuper in 2017. Stanhope said that he hoped GigSuper would become the Australian Ethical of self-employer superannuation and grow to 60,000 members and over $2 billion in total assets by 2026. A barrage of Millennial ...

Rest awards responsible investment mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022
The $70 billion industry fund, Rest, has awarded an investment mandate for its ethical investment option. The fund awarded an enhanced ESG mandate to Parametric and Calvert. The mandate is designed to provide further diversification to Rest's Sustainable ...

Co-founder departs Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... reopened," a spokesperson for the fund said. "Verwey remains an active Future Super shareholder and leaves behind his legacy of ethical investing and a unique screening approach." During his time with the fund, Verwey led several different teams and ...

Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
... (67%) are the most widely used social media platforms by advisers. Similar to Australia, the survey found that crypto and ethical investing, as well as the need for financial literacy are on the rise in the US. The low interest rate environment is forcing ...

Australian Ethical launches first ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
The active ETF is now available on Cboe Australia, the rebranded Chi-X. The Australian Ethical High Conviction Fund ETF is a portfolio of 25 to 35 ASX300 companies that meet the manager's Ethical Charter. It was listed today on the Cboe Australia ...