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Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... a key contention point. Of those surveyed, 60% were concerned about animal cruelty, 54% about tobacco, 51% about human rights abuses and 50% were concerned about their super contributing to gambling issues. O'Connor said that Australians believe ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... world's biggest players aren't meeting expected standards across responsible investment governance, climate change, human rights and biodiversity. According to ShareAction's Asset Owners Disclosure Project, more than 60% of the total assets under management ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... McAuley suggests applying three consecutive steps to best build a sustainable portfolio; exclude (companies tainted by human rights violations or weapons manufacturers), promote (companies with good ESG credentials) and contribute (through proactive ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... Review paper released last Friday (November 22)," said McNulty. The luncheon's guest speaker was Rabia Siddique, a human rights lawyer and author who in 2007 sued the UK Ministry of Defence for sex discrimination and failing to acknowledge her role ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... fund will also remove any issuers which are exposed to gambling, tobacco, animal cruelty, alcohol, pornography and human rights violations. The fund will also exclude companies that show a lack of board-level gender diversity and those that are involved ...

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 ...