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ESG investors overreact to negative news

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
New research from the Monash Centre for Financial Studies reveals ethical investors who overreact to negative environmental, social and governance (ESG) news spur falls in share prices and are better to wait before making trade decisions. The study ...

AMP Capital's door keeps revolving

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... best with his future endeavours." Le Mesurier oversaw some of AMP Capital's diversified multi-asset funds including Ethical Leaders Balanced Fund and has been instrumental in integrating ESG philosophy across AMP Capital's asset classes. In her ...

Australian Ethical benefits from seismic cultural shift

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
Australian Ethical has seen almost 10,000 new members invest in its super and managed funds offerings in the past financial year, while institutional players - including other super funds - have also been knocking at the door. "We are fielding calls ...

Melbourne boutique wins Crestone allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... lineup for other sustainable and impact strategies includes Affirmative Investment Management, Altius Asset Management, Ethical Partners and AllianceBernstein.

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... and assumptions made in scenario analysis and disclosure of the assumptions underpinning a business model. Australian Ethical head of ethics research Stuart Palmer said: "Improved disclosure is needed for investors to manage climate change risk in their ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... decision making. Nearly a quarter (24%) said they had bought or sold investments based on their environmental impact, while ethical and corporate governance factors (both 17%), and social factors (9%) were also taken into consideration when selecting ...

MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... 3.8% over the period with a Sharpe ratio of 0.3, Sortino Ratio of 0.2, and a Omega ratio of 1.5. Meantime, Australian Ethical was the second highest performing product but had median volatility. With a 70% weighting to growth assets, Australian Ethical's ...

Future Super ramps up direct equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Ethical superannuation fund Future Super has increased its exposure to direct equities while staying true to its investment strategy. The fund has traditionally had almost all of its Australian equities exposure through the BetaShares Australian Sustainability ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... impressive track record of delivering resilient, solid returns across all of their strategies." Warakirri will also open its ethical Australian equities fund and the concentrated Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time in 20 years. ...

Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... first, managing conflicts of interest and acting at all times in a prudent and professional manner with a commitment to ethical behavior. "There is such disparity in the quality and range of services provided in the advice market. It is hard for consumers ...