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Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... possible $247 billion that could be moved away from fossil fuels. The new fund was co-founded by former Australian Ethical Investment senior relationships manager Adam Verway. Sheikh and Verway have also recruited Jemma Green, a former vice president ...

World Bank issues Kangaroo Green Bond

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... 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 Bond is ...

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 ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
Industry fund LUCRF Super will investigate the level of its exposure to 'carbon risks' as part of a move to prepare for the potential investment risks of climate change. The decision is part of a wider policy that saw the $3.8 billion fund recently ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
Eaton Vance Management International (EVMI) has appointed former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST ) chief executive Steve Gibbs as senior advisor to its Australian business and its two affiliate fund managers, Parametric and Hexavest. ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... CommBank/CFS, Westpac/BT, NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath, IOOF, Aon, Suncorp and Tidswell. Some retail funds such as Australian Ethical Investment, Bendigo Bank and Virgin Super are meanwhile using the advent of MySuper as an opportunity to increase their footprint ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has won two business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
Australia's second social benefit bond (SBB), issued by the Benevolent Society in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac, has closed after raising its target $10 million. The Benevolent Society SBB, which will help fund the ...

Sunsuper adds to investment committee

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... Justine Hickey to its investment committee. In April Hickey resigned from her position as director at Australian Ethical Investment (AEI). She had been the longest serving board member and made the decision upon the recruitment of a number of new board ...

Australian Ethical director resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
As foreshadowed at the Australian Ethical Investment (AEI) AGM in November last year, director Justine Hickey has resigned effective immediately. Hickey was the longest serving AEI board member (having been appointed in March 2007), and made the decision ...