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Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... and transparency, and prohibits investments in businesses that operate in sectors like gambling, alcohol, weapons and tobacco. The process is certified by experts or Shariah scholars. Melbourne-based Ozyon said all three funds will be available as ETFs ...

Goodments by Douugh now in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... Goodments by Douugh offering will not include any companies that are involved in oil production, controversial weapons or tobacco.

BlackRock rejigs Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... management, profitability, debt, business and sustainability. From June 1, the fund is also formally excluding sectors including tobacco producers, controversial weapons, thermal coal (greater than 5% revenue from production and power generation), oil ...

Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... inflation for the March 2021 quarter increased to 1.1% following a rise of 0.9% in the December quarter. Price rises in tobacco and furnishings were partially offset by falls in rents, automotive fuel and utilities." While the annual rate of change in ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply chains, fossil fuels, animal cruelty, gender discrimination, tobacco, gambling, palm oil, controversial weaponry, or have a recent track record of environmental damage, or excessive executive ...

NGS strengthens ESG, ups fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... predatory lending, gambling, pornography and adult entertainment, animal cruelty, alcohol production and distribution and tobacco production. "The trustee continues to have absolute discretion to change the underlying managers, socially responsible investment ...

Vanguard finds dirty assets in ESG fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... benchmark from Bloomberg Barclays and MSCI. MSCI filters the holdings for ties to fossil fuels, nuclear power, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, weapons and adult entertainment as well as conduct related screens based on severe controversies. Or so investors ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... human and labour rights; manufacture controversial weapons; operate in gambling; conduct live animal exports; produce tobacco; use uncertified palm oil; and operate for-profit detention centres. Hostplus sees the option benefiting from its investment ...

Sydney firm launches new venture capital fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... Institute of Digital Health chief executive officer Louise Schaper, Healthcare Ventures managing partner Darren Heathcote and Tobacco Free Portfolios chief executive Bronwyn King. "I have been working with and invested in a number of talented health ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... score better for sustainability than their peers. It also applies exclusions to some sectors like controversial weapons, tobacco and fossil fuels. The first iteration of the fund launched in Europe in August 2019, which returned 3.72% per annum, well ...