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First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... are seeking the benefits of fixed income, but want to do so in a responsible way," Vynokur said. "As interpretations of ethical investing can vary widely, we're finding investors want to know that their money is being invested in a way that aligns ...

Many benefits to going your own way: CMC Markets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
CMC Markets Head of Partners and Institutional APAC, Andrew Shade has commented on the benefits of financial advisers moving away from large financial institutions following the Royal Commissions. He highlighted three key benefits that are driving the ...

Industry fund bumps up fee for ESG option

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... The buy-sell spread is also increasing by eight basis points, now 30bps. The ESG option invests through AMP Capital's Ethical Leaders Fund. It holds a portfolio of shares, fixed interest, property and direct infrastructure. The investments are picked ...

Hume blasts super merger laggards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the superannuation industry over the excuses used by super funds for not merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play. Speaking on the final day of the ASFA Conference in Melbourne ...

Life Company of the Year crowned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... adviser this worries me more than anything else." Kewin too had some criticism for FASEA, saying: "We're all about raising ethical standards if we can understand them." He revealed the AFA has made 47 submissions to government in the past year and has ...

Financial services the most unethical industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... than 1000 people with different political and socio-economic backgrounds - asked Australians about their perceptions of ethical issues and conduct, and found even the media is considered more ethical than financial services among Australians. One in ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... what the Financial Advice Standards and Ethics Authority's Code of Ethics means for ESG investing and advising clients on ethical investment options, with FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield looking to clarify the issue. Standard Six within the Code ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... the extension to the FASEA deadline, only to find it already does. Terry Pinnell, a financial adviser and chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-Op, said he wrote to his local member Graham Perrett about Labor not supporting the FASEA extension after seeing ...

BetaShares responsible investment ETF recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... BetaShares' Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) to "Recommended", with the firm pointing to the "strict and pragmatic ethical and socially responsible investment screening process" used to filter companies out of the ETF. According to BetaShares ...

WiseTech short could impact super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
... the key Australian tech stock plummet. AustralianSuper, for example, has a $4.2 million holding in WiseTech. Australian Ethical discloses on it has a holding in WiseTech but does not say how much that investment represents. The J Capital short report ...