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Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Retail and sophisticated investors can now view live Australian impact investment opportunities through one public portal. From today the Impact Investing Hub is running its Current Deals Library, which lists live impact investment opportunities and ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
A State Street Global Advisors Australian-based fund with about $900 million under management is divesting from weapons and tobacco companies. The State Street Global Index Plus Trust, which invests in global companies and aims to outperform the MSCI ...

Australian Ethical sees 34pct member surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
Australian Ethical enjoyed a 34% boost in superannuation members in the 2017 financial year, pushing group funds under management to $2.15 billion. Reporting a 3% decrease in net profit to $2.9 million, the super fund and investment manager said headline ...

Fitzpatricks secures capital backing for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... the leadership, and we look forward to supporting the firm in its next phase of growth. The combination of growing Australian wealth, and the increasing need for high-quality financial advice, augurs well." "In addition to the strong organic growth the ...

Fund manager chief steps down, appoints investment director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... of responsible investment research, interim chief executive and risk manager. He's also served as a convenor for the Australian Sustainability Awards for 12 years, and was an independent investment committee member at Skandia Australia. In 1987, he was ...

Financial services leaders push for marriage equality

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... argues that the "rights and liberties of all individuals are sacrosanct." Vanguard, UBS, J.P. Morgan, AMP, Australian Ethical, BNY Mellon and HSBC have also joined in support among numerous other financial services firms. "An equitable society, free ...

Infocus subsidiary adds to multi-manager suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... fund. Alpha Fund Managers, which also recently partnered with Investors Mutual and Folkestone, invested in Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund. Alpha portfolio manager Julien Brodie explained: "We are attracted to the Fund's strong track record ...

Australian Ethical boosts adviser arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
Australian Ethical is growing its adviser channel with the appointment of two senior roles. Quyen Dam and Joanne Robb will be part of the client relationships team led by Leah Waldie who was appointed as head of client relationships in March. Dam is ...

Australian Unity appoints national role

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
The former head of business development and client relations at Australian Ethical has been appointed to a new role of national manager, retail distribution at Australian Unity. Adam Kirk joins after five-and-a-half years in his previous role, and will ...

New ethical advice certification will drive consumer trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... managing director Jim Stackpool describes the certification mark - Certainty Advice - as a comprehensive version of the Australian accounting professional and ethical standards board standard APES230. He said the associated issues of trust, reputation ...