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Industry fund bumps up fee for ESG option

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... infrastructure. The investments are picked according to ESG criteria that include labour standards, climate change mitigation, human rights, child labour and the exclusion of tobacco, pornography, armament and gambling stocks. Only 1% of the fund's members ...

New FPA board members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... professional in 2010. He is the chief executive and founder of Health & Finance Integrated and is a disability and human rights advocate. Henderson has been director and certified financial planner at SWA Financial Planning for over 20 years. Meanwhile ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... here's Factset's summary: "Bloomberg reported the US will slap visa bans on officials linked to Xinjiang human rights abuses. SCMP reported China toning down expectations ahead of Thursday's high-level trade talks in Washington. While Vice-Premier ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... creating targets and changes to company strategy for Whitehaven and Origin and claimed they abstained from voting on human rights matters for Qantas and Woolworths. When it comes to investment funds, the BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... responsible investment strategies - consumers were found to be most interested in funds that avoided fossil fuels and human rights violations. This is not entirely in line with the most common negative screens. Investment managers are most likely to ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Meanwhile, Walmart and Wal-Mart de Mexico were excluded in 2006 on the basis of serious or systematic violations of human rights. The Norges Bank's Council on Ethics has since found the grounds for exclusion are no longer present. In line with the fund's ...

Forrests donate $655m to foundation

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... early childhood development from conception to the age of five. It will also fund initiatives in eliminating global human rights abuses especially modern slavery, international advanced education scholarships and optimizing ocean health. Minderoo's ...

Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... switching funds. Those that are likely to switch funds were mainly female. Saudi Arabia has been accused of committing human rights atrocities as part of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, SumOfUs said, adding that this year marks the anniversary of the ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australia will also co-chair. "Issues such as climate change and human rights have become material to business and the financial services community," he said. "Climate change was recently described ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... However, this means the asset manager is almost "naturally incentivised to engage." One recent area of focus has been human rights in the supply chain and modern slavery. "It's something we've had a lot of positive feedback from, even internationally. ...