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Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
Australian Unity has appointed Matthew Moore as its first head of responsible investment and stewardship. Moore joins Australian Unity with over 20 years' experience in financial services, most recently as the head of ethical investments at Uniting ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... UniSuper, and Vision Super are amongst those named and shamed. In contrast, the report noted that Active Super, Australian Ethical, Christian Super, Crescent Wealth, Future Super and Verve Super have already divested from all companies that derive revenue ...

InvestSMART launches ethical product

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
... diversified ethical portfolio to its investment menu. The Ethical Growth Portfolio invests in five to 15 ethical ETFs across Australian equities, international equities and bonds. The Morningstar Australia Moderate Target Allocation NR AUD is the benchmark. ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... global 369 asset managers it surveyed, governance is the most important environmental, social and governance factor. Australian and New Zealand managers on the other hand believe climate risk and environmental issues are the most pressing concerns, yet ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Morningstar found competitors hit record inflows. Vanguard ($623m), BetaShares ($452m), Dimensional ($370m), and Australian Ethical ($236m) recorded the highest inflows for the third quarter. Vanguard (21.6%) and Australian Ethical (18.4%) continue to ...

Boutique hires portfolio manager from Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... Management small and microcap funds for four years. Prior to that, he was a portfolio manager at Australian Ethical Investments and held equity analyst roles at AMP Capital and ING Investment Management. Burns said the appointment of Willoughby-Thomas ...

BNP Paribas launches sustainable trusts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia launched three global sustainability trusts to meet demand from Australian and New Zealand clients. BNP Paribas' Green Bond Trust, EARTH Trust and China Equity Trust adhere to the firm's global sustainability strategy ...

New RE mandate for Equity Trustees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... society," Haven Wealth Partners managing director and co-founder Nick Heuzenroeder said. "There are many products on the Australian market which claim to be ESG-focused, but we wanted to take it one step further by creating a 'deep green' fund ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
A panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has discussed how the Your Future, Your Super test and ESG will change funds' approaches to currency. QIC head of currency Stuart Simmons said super funds could ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... is allowing companies to get away with actions that are out of line with action on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, Federated Hermes chief executive Saker Nusseibeh said there ...