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Super fund bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund targeting ethical investors and millennials has announced two C-suite promotions. Future Super has a new chief operating officer in Leigh Dunlop, who has been promoted from her role as head of people and culture. Dunlop has been ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
In the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack, many are questioning the role of Facebook in investment portfolios. After the social media giant live streamed the shootings, ethical investors have been forced to consider whether Facebook genuinely ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
AXA Investment Managers has received responsible investment certification by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) for its environmental, social and governance SmartBeta equity pooled fund - AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund. The ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Applying an ethical values screen to investment doesn't need to compromise income objectives, according to Martin Currie research. Commenting on the Ethical Income strategy, distributed by Legg Mason, the Martin Currie research found that the "investment ...

Australian Unity fund added to Emerald Wrap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... Fund has been added to the Instreet-owned "responsible investment" product, The Emerald Wrap. Targeted at the ethical investor market, the Emerald Wrap has been building its product suite since Instreet acquired it in January. According to Emerald Wrap ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
Ethical investor Hunter Hall has become the second fund in two days to announce it will introduce fossil fuel screening into its investment criteria, following a similar announcement by AMP Capital on Wednesday. However, while AMP Capital's screen focuses ...

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 ...

Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Institutional investors should update their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards to limit investment in private equity firms that make use of the controversial leveraged buy-out (LBO) strategy, according to social policy network Catalyst. ...

Former UniSuper CEO joins UCA FM board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... UniSuper chief executive Terry McCredden has been appointed a non-executive director at Uniting Church affiliated ethical investor, UCA Funds Management. UCA Funds Group chairperson Dick Carter said of the appointment: "We are delighted to have been ...

Super investors scrutinise companies over LDC working conditions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... as Foxconn, CAER chief Duncan Paterson said, "China and Chinese companies are, in many areas, ticking all the ethical investor boxes." Australian Ethical international portfolio manager Nathan Lim said Chinese companies are continually improving health ...