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Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... may alter their rating. When asked why none of the ethical funds received a five leaf rating, Pinnell used Australian Ethical as an example, saying its investment in NAB was enough to knock off half a leaf post-Royal Commission. Pengana's WHEB Sustainable ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... "Our portfolios abated more carbon than was produced. When you look at our impact report and then you look at supposedly ethical funds who are hoping to de-carbonise their portfolios by 2050, you start to think those superfunds don't look very ambitious ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... New Zealand, Andy Sowerby, said: "It's a privilege to be able to offer this innovative capability to investors in the Australian market for the first time." The newly created global responsible investment fund offers two distinct features. "First, it ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... ETFs in Melbourne this morning, Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall identified a number of ETFs open to Australian investors that can be considered "zombies". "Zombie ETFs are those products that haven't reached sufficient levels of fund ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Zealand Investments, JBWere NZ, Milford Asset Management, Westpac/BT Funds management, AMP Capital International, Australian Ethical, HESTA, Church of England Pensions Board, Media Super, Mercer Global and VicSuper have since joined the cause - amongst ...

Ethics Centre to launch FASEA approved course

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) reforms. The bridging course is expected to be piloted in conjunction with an Australian university later this year. The Ethics Centre executive director Simon Longstaff explained the course will support financial ...

Advice and accounting align post-Royal Commission: CountPlus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... better-placed than ever before to thrive in a new world of professionalism underpinned by higher educational, professional and ethical standards and stricter regulation," Rowe said. He explained that the natural home for this new advice paradigm to flourish ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
Australian Ethical has launched a new campaign to try to prompt Australians to consider whether they like the idea of their superannuation savings funding the gambling industry. Australian Ethical research found some of Australia's largest super ...

Industry super fund appoints new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... $8.6 billion industry superannuation fund will welcome a new chair as the incumbent completes the 12-year term. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund announced David Hutton will take the post from July 1, replacing Richard Haddock. ...

ACSI calls for ESG, stronger stewardship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is calling for significant reforms to Australia's framework for investment stewardship to encourage ESG integration. ACSI is asking APRA to revise its investment guidance to specifically reflect the ...