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Pendal cuts fee on multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... not invest in companies materially involved producing tobacco, alcohol gaming facilities, weapons, pornography or thermal coal production among others. The fund's five year annualised returns are 6.44% after fees compared to the benchmark's 8.38% ...

NAB accused of greenwashing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... Report, is "little more than greenwash and a recipe for climate catastrophe." In the report, NAB said it will exit thermal coal by 2035 - Market Forces insists this is "too little too late." It cites the fact that signatories to the Global Investor Statement ...

Suncorp responds to shareholder resolution

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... an institutional bank." The spokesperson added that Suncorp does not directly invest in, finance or underwrite new thermal coal mining extraction projects, or new thermal coal electricity generation, and will phase out of these exposures by 2025. Market ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... have an institutional bank," the spokesperson said. "Suncorp does not directly invest in, finance or underwrite new thermal coal mining extraction projects, or new thermal coal electricity generation, and we will phase out of these exposures by 2025. ...

AMP Capital revamps ethical super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... investment screen in regards to fossil fuels to reduce the revenue companies can make from fossil fuels including mining thermal coal and brown coal power generation from 20% to 10%. The fund already had an exclusion in place for "companies that make ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... including tobacco, gambling, alcohol, defence and weapons, fur, genetically modified crops, nuclear energy, oil sands and thermal coal." Sowerby added that QS Investors has a strong track record in the management global equity portfolios. "The marriage ...

Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... guidelines. The guidelines stipulate that any mining companies or power producers deriving 30% or more of their income from thermal coal or basing 30% or more of their operations on thermal coal are eligible for observation or exclusion. WHSP is invested ...

Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... selection process involves excluding all companies that own any fossil fuel reserves or derive revenue from mining thermal coal or from oil and gas related activities. It also excludes companies involved in socially irresponsible activities such as alcohol ...

Alphinity rolls out sustainable Aussie equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... companies which generate more than 10% of their revenues from producing or operating high impact fuels such as uranium, thermal coal, coal seam gas, oil sands and arctic drilling which are considered environmentally unfriendly and for which sustainable ...