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Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Opportunities Fund excluded tobacco stocks. The following month, several asset owners voiced support for the recently launched United Nations' Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge. BT Financial Group said it is extending its ESG exclusion framework to investment ...

CFA Institute asks FASEA to recognise charterholders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... dry up and the industry goes through a structural change? Smith thinks they will. "We have had a good experience in the United States and in Canada," he said. "I think something like 35% of the CFA charterholders there are in private wealth advisory. ...

Industry fund goes for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... she was head of banking products. Bringing more than 20 years' experience in financial services both in Australia and the United States, Peters is a former group head of personal loans and overdrafts at Westpac; head of deposits at Citi; and associate ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last minute trade deal (already signed by Mexico) that allows Canada to re-join in the new NAFTA ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... the kiwi dollar/US dollar exchange rate is the divergence in monetary settings and outlook between New Zealand and the United States. One, that's been underscored by the policy decisions of their respective central banks on the same day - 26 September. ...

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... investments. This is the largest divestment tobacco securities by a fund manager in Australia, the manager said. At the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York last night, AMP Capital also signed on to the newly-launched Tobacco-Free Finance ...

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... signatories to consider the adoption of tobacco-free finance policies across lending, insurance and investment, in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and the World Health Organization Framework. It has more than 120 founding ...

Industry veterans join global commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... Senator and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marise Payne, will serve as a co-convenor of the Commission. Launched today at the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research in New York, the Commission will meet several times between September 2018 ...

Asset manager gives ESG data to BNY subsidiary

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... 50,000 sources. Arabesque said its tool was the first of its kind to rate companies on the normative principles of the United Nations Global Compact, which it said was helpful for approximating reputational risks, while also providing an industry specific ...

VicSuper among top pension funds, others climb

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... Australia has continued to fare incredibly well. Over the past five years, we have had two net new entrants, second only to the United States," he said. "Many other developed countries including Canada, U.K., Germany and others have actually had reductions ...