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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 ...

AMP closes ethical option to super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
AMP has taken the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced fund off its investment menus for superannuation members. AMP super members in CustomSuper, Flexible Lifetime, AMP Flexible Super, SignatureSuper, SignatureSuper Select, SuperLeader and the Woolworths ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... invests through Future Super Investment Services, both Verve and Future Super are sub-plans of Diversa. They share an ethical investing ethos - screening out fossil fuels, tobacco, weapons and more. Hobbs said Verve's fees are comparable to many industry ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... into investment decision-making." The report said companies or assets are unlikely to thrive if they ignore ESG and other ethical issues. It said responsible investing, including the consideration of ESG factors, helps investors identify a broad array ...

Best Australian equities funds, with risk considered

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... also the highest Share ratio (0.1), Sortino Ratio (0.1), Omega Ratio (1.3) and Information Ratio (1.6). Perpetual's Ethical SRI Fund scored the best on volatility with lowest standard deviation (14.1%) and semi standard deviation (14.7%). To contrast ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... allocation to cover each of the core asset classes. FIIG suggested best practice asset allocation should be part of the ethical standards set out by FASEA. It argued that if an adviser is providing prudent advice they should be compelled to consider ...

Pendal bolsters ESG fixed income capability

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... analyst Oliver Ge was promoted to assistant portfolio manager after six years at Pendal. He will be joined by Uniting Ethical Investors portfolio manager Anna Hong, who links with the firm after previous stints at BlackRock and Challenger. Hong will ...