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Advisers boost ethical investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... decisions to match their ethical values with financial investments. The co-op works by analysing an investment's environmental, social and corporate governance track record and financial appropriateness according to clients' values. It helps them invest ...

Decumulation will drive investment focus shift: AXA IM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... at a series of roundtable events in Melbourne and Sydney, the industry is increasingly turning to real assets and environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration strategies, and shifting away from benchmark-aware investing. "Australia is transitioning ...

BNP Paribas launches green trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
A new 'true to label' environmental offering from BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia will create significant investment opportunities for Australian and New Zealand investors. Forming the foundations of the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust ...

Acorns adds ESG investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Users of fractional investing app Acorns now have the option to apply environmental, social and corporate governance standards to investments. The Emerald Portfolio is diversified across all asset classes including Australian equities, international ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... the decision last week, based upon its long-term global perspective and fiduciary duty, including consideration of environmental risks - both current and those projected over the next 10 to 25+ years. "The motives driving today's decision to divest the ...

Industry giant joins ACSI

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... its newest addition, ACSI reiterated its vision of achieving genuine, measurable and permanent improvements in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of the companies in which its members invest. "By harnessing our collective rights ...

VicSuper launches ESG member option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... sustainability issues, and now with our Socially Conscious option, our members can invest in alignment with their social and environmental values and not pay any extra to do it." The Socially Conscious option has a 57.3% allocation to growth assets ...

World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... instruments that might form part of the investment portfolio, but commented that the fund will work differently to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment vehicles such as green bonds. The social investment product manager the organisation ...

ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
About three-quarters of Australian institutional investors are incorporating environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions. This is a key finding in the latest global study from BNP Paribas Securities Services. In a survey of ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... is partnering with a United Nations-backed organisation to determine why investment managers aren't standardising environmental, social and governance factors across all asset classes. CFA Institute, together with the Principles for Responsible Investment ...