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LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... projects that are more environmentally friendly and carbon efficient, often in developing nations." Currently Australian Ethical takes the hardest line of any Australian super fund on fossil fuels. Australian Ethical's ability to take such a hard line ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... 'green' or 'eco' may mislead members as to the investment criteria. David Macri, chief investment officer at Australian Ethical - a fund with much stricter environmental screening criteria than most 'green' funds - said that stricter standards will only ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... the financial risks of climate change. LUCRF is one of a handful of Australian signatories to CAR, including Australian Ethical Investments and Christian Super. LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword said: "I see it as part of LUCRF Super's role as a ...

Former AIST boss joins Eaton Vance

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... contacts and experience in Australia's superannuation industry. He will remain a non-executive chairperson of Australian Ethical Investments and a trustee of Australian Ethical Superannuation. "Steve is a stalwart of the Australian superannuation industry ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... fuels - may be forced to justify their positions. Speaking at an audience of superannuation trustees hosted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Lewis said that activists rather than investigative journalists would be the most ...

MySuper authorisations creep up to 78

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... CommBank/CFS, Westpac/BT, NAB/MLC, ANZ/OnePath, IOOF, Aon, Suncorp and Tidswell. Some retail funds such as Australian Ethical Investment, Bendigo Bank and Virgin Super are meanwhile using the advent of MySuper as an opportunity to increase their footprint ...

Two awards for Australian Ethical

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Australian Ethical Investment has won two business awards - a Banksia and Green Lifestyle award for outstanding commitment to ethics, the environment and financial performance. The first award from the Banksia Foundation, which is a not-for-profit that ...

Australia's second SBB hits $10m target

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... attracted investment from individual, family office and institutional investors. NRMA Motoring & Services and Australian Ethical Investments were among the key investors. The SBB is divided into two tranches - a senior tranche accounting for $7.5 million ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

Australian Ethical MySuper option approved

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Australian Ethical has been granted approval for its MySuper product by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The fund, which becomes the 74th to gain APRA approval, will use its existing Balanced fund as its MySuper option. It will ...