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Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, L'Oreal and Taiwan Semiconductor. The fund excludes investing in companies involved in tobacco, semi-automatic weapons, thermal coal, and controversial weapons. Fidelity recently launched a climate investing policy ...

Flows to SRI ETFs boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... Meanwhile, considering an anti-SRI ETF Zenith looked at the Advisor Shares VICE ETF - which invests in liquor, gambling and tobacco stocks. It found the VICE ETF consistently underperformed the MSCI World benchmark. "Zenith believes the stark performance ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... and suggested timeframe is a minimum of five years. The fund does not invest in companies that are directly involved in tobacco production or controversial weapons and will not invest in companies that derive more than 10% of total revenue directly from ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Sustainable investing landscape for Australian fund investors. Of these, 113 exclude investments in controversial areas like tobacco (104), and weapons (99), and other companies that derive a significant portion of revenue from nuclear weapons, land ...

Ellerston to shutter Morphic ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... Responsible Investment Association of Australasia and excludes direct investment in companies involved in oil and gas, tobacco and alcohol, armaments, gambling, rainforest and old growth logging, and coal and uranium mining. Ellerston took over as RE ...

FTSE Russell launches new ESG indexes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... using ESG screening criteria. The screens eliminate exposure to companies involved in controversial weapons, firearms, tobacco, and fossil fuels. In addition, companies with ESG controversies are excluded. The indexes are based on the FTSE Russell US ...

Douugh rolls out robo-advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... commission. The sustainable portfolios invest in companies that improve the planet and avoids industries such as fossil fuels, tobacco, fur, military and weapons. The portfolios invest in ETFs offered by BlackRock, Invesco, Vanguard, State Street, Impact ...

New emerging markets ESG fund at Dimensional

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... as land use, biodiversity, toxic spills, and palm oil, and filters for issues such as child labour, cluster munitions, tobacco and factory farming identified by clients as priorities. Adding emerging markets coverage to the fund manager's existing product ...

Alphinity launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... society and are inconsistent with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. "We have a zero-revenue tolerance for producers of tobacco and controversial weapons. We also don't support companies generating more than 5% of their revenues from the production ...

S&P launches new ESG tilted NZ index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... principles, while continuing to track the New Zealand large-cap equity market. Controversial weapons, thermal coal, and tobacco businesses are excluded from the index. And energy companies and casinos and gambling operators are also excluded as a response ...