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FSC-ISA court clash to go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... other issues had still not been resolved, including the appointment of Stephen Gibbs, who is also a director of Australian Ethical, and the self-appointment of FWC president Iain Ross as chair of the expert panel. Given that Stephen Gibbs has been stood ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... ethical funds, as it would require significant deviation from the resources-heavy ASX 200. Hunter Hall joins Australian Ethical as a stringent screener of fossil fuels. Hunter Hall also screens tobacco, gambling, armaments, uranium, nuclear energy, cutting ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... as the World Bank has dubbed it. Other Australian investors include Aberdeen Asset Management, AMP Capital, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. The Green ...

Australian Ethical buys ethical investment publication

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
Ethical fund manager and superannuation fund Australian Ethical has bought online magazine Ethical Investor from previous owner Lifecraft Pty Ltd. The magazine, founded in 2001 as a print publication, will retain its current editor Ross Kendall. Australian ...

Australian Ethical hires new Head of Ethics

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed a new head of ethics to further develop the company's ethical investment frameworks. Dr Stuart Palmer formally of St James Ethics Centre will work with the company's ethical advisers CAER and the investment ...

UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... very small group of Australian fund managers that have a specific screening policy on fossil fuels, including Australian Ethical. UCA will screen thermal coal, used in power generation, but not coking coal, which is used in steel production. It will ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... projects that are more environmentally friendly and carbon efficient, often in developing nations." Currently Australian Ethical takes the hardest line of any Australian super fund on fossil fuels. Australian Ethical's ability to take such a hard line ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... 'green' or 'eco' may mislead members as to the investment criteria. David Macri, chief investment officer at Australian Ethical - a fund with much stricter environmental screening criteria than most 'green' funds - said that stricter standards will only ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... the financial risks of climate change. LUCRF is one of a handful of Australian signatories to CAR, including Australian Ethical Investments and Christian Super. LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword said: "I see it as part of LUCRF Super's role as a ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... contacts and experience in Australia's superannuation industry. He will remain a non-executive chairperson of Australian Ethical Investments and a trustee of Australian Ethical Superannuation. "Steve is a stalwart of the Australian superannuation industry ...