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UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... tackling climate change at the heart of default strategies instead of expecting consumers to make the change and select ethical or green fund themselves. It also found 79% of UK adults believe it's important the economic recovery accounts for climate ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... require a license. Now there are suggestions debt management and credit repair firms held to the kind of regulatory and ethical standards financial advisers are held to. The Consumer Action Law Centre wants these debt assistance providers to have membership ...

Australian Ethical adds to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical Investments has appointed two new executives in newly created roles, adding a chief strategy and innovation officer and chief customer officer. Marion Enander will step into the role of chief strategy and innovation officer, while ...

Diversity screening option launched

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... finding that for some clients a lack of diversity in companies is important and consequently we have added 'diversity' as an ethical exclusion." Diversity in a company is seen as a marker of good governance as it increases networks, resources, creativity ...

Perpetual slashes fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... manager's wholesale funds will see fee reductions by October, including Perpetual's Wholesale Diversified Income Fund, its Ethical SRI Credit Fund, its Wholesale Dynamic Fixed Income Fund and its Wholesale Active Fixed Interest Fund. Fees on these funds ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 ...

FSC appoints four to board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Wealth's Garry Mulcahy, State Street Global Advisors' James MacNevin, Russell Investments' Jodie Hampshire, Australian Ethical's John McMurdo, Ninety One's Justin Cowper, Zurich Financial Services' Matthew Drennan, Franklin Templeton's Matthew Harrison ...

Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... fees. In comparison, AustralianSuper recorded 0.52% for its balanced MySuper offering over the same period. Australian Ethical chief financial officer Mark Simons told Financial Standard the results prove that ethical, sustainable investments can generate ...

Australian Ethical divests Mercer parent company

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
Australian Ethical has pulled the plug on a $5 million shareholding in Marsh & McLennan, pointing to the provision of insurance services to a mining conglomerate as grounds for the divestment. The investment in Marsh & McLennan was held in the firm's ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and this engagement has its limits. "Such engagements aren't for ethical reasons per se, but rather as a function to promote better long term financial performance of the companies as investments ...