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Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... within in it are managed with a responsible investment framework combining traditional performance metrics with environmental, social and governance criteria. It excludes investing in companies specifically involved in the manufacture or maintenance ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... Kearney called on the sector to step-up its co-ordination on efforts to take on companies that are not meeting their environmental, social and governance obligations. "We're here for the betterment of our members and that may go so far as having to make ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new environmental, social and governance (ESG) decision-making framework across the business. This involves excluding investments in tobacco ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... in managing its managed fund, the Morphic Global Opportunities Fund (MGOF). It will exclude companies involved in environmental destruction, including coal and uranium mining, oil and gas, animal cruelty, tobacco and alcohol, armaments, gambling and ...

S&P measures green bond performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... similar to the S&P Green Bond Index. "We continue to see strong demand for investment opportunities that incorporate environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors," S&P Dow Jones Indices deputy head of product management Reid Steadman ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... among millennials. The old world comprised avoiding or screening out investing in "bad companies" based on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors - this is over and done, he says. It's now about using information sets and enlarging ...

RBC secures custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... in Australia and seeks to put the mission and beliefs of the Uniting Church into practice through its ethical and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policy. UFS executive director Warren Bird said the organisation was attracted to ...

New social bond advocates gender equality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... parity to make a positive contribution. "More and more investors want products that help address pressing social and environmental issues and which meet their own social and environmental criteria," Zileli said. "NAB is committed to building a strong ...

NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... impact investment means we are able to provide choice, allowing investors to invest in ways that meet their own environmental criteria," Lambert said. "We also recognise the important role we play in funding projects that secure energy needs now and ...

ICG boosts energy trust with wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... portfolio another high quality investment that provides long term, stable and predictable cash flows, plus considerable environmental benefits," ICG chair Andrew Pickering said. "Bald Hills is a testament to the expertise of Mitsui & Co (Australia) in ...