Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 491 - 500 of 835 results for "responsible investment"

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Demand for impact investing is expected to rapidly increase as a growing number of retail and institutional investors search for investments that provide both monetary and social returns. In the last five years there have been 96 reported impact investments ...

Socially responsible XTBs hit ASX

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... the Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) on the ASX today. In response to growing demand for socially responsible investment options, the 'green' XTBs are over fixed rate green bonds from ANZ and NAB, labeled 'green' as the bond issuer must only ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
State Street Global Advisors has launched an international equities fund which excludes investment in tobacco and selected armaments. Aimed at institutional investors with increasing interest in ESG investment, the State Street International Equities ...

Eaton Vance acquires $16bn fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... Ameritas Holding Company, Calvert Investment Management was formed in 1976 and has been a pioneer in the responsible investment sector. Its Calvert Social Investment Fund (later renamed the Calvert Balanced Portfolio) was the first mutual fund to oppose ...

BTIM adds to executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
BT Investment Management has appointed a new head of responsible investment. Edwina Matthew has re-joined the investment manager this week, having previously worked for BT in both Sydney and New York as senior vice-president, currency overlay and global ...

BTIS appoints head of equities from Russell

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... where he was head of research. At Russell, he was instrumental in the creation of the firm's Australian Responsible Investment ETF, launched on the ASX in 2015. Prior to that role, he was a senior research analyst at Russell, and was also chief investment ...

Australian funds rank well on ESG

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... in their investment decisions, Lonsec Research has found. According to the researcher's newly released Responsible Investment Sector Review, 58% of active Australian equity funds achieved a 'moderate' rating or higher on an ESG basis, compared to only ...

More transparency needed on fossil fuel investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... for better super fund disclosure, including voting records which offer more transparency when it comes to responsible investment issues.

Inflows and performance boost Australian Ethical profits

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... of age for ethical investing. "We can see firsthand that increased shareholder and investor demand for responsible investment is shifting capital out of the old fossil-fuel based economy in to a new economy based around renewable energy, improved energy ...

AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
AXA Investment Managers' ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund has received multiple responsible investment ratings. The fund recently received a High Morningstar Sustainability Rating and a Responsible Investment Certification by Responsible Investment Association ...