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AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
AMP Capital is introducing an ethical investment framework that will divest about $570 million in 'dangerous' or unethical investments across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new ...

Ohanessian challenges Praemium board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... the support of several notable Praemium investors. Ohanessian, along with Paradice Investment Management and Australian Ethical, have requested a general meeting of shareholders to discuss replacing current board members Andre Carstens, Peter Mahler ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... from their employer's default fund. According to Spaceship's PDS, the product-provider does not have their own stance on ethical investing but rather relies under the policies of underlying investment managers. When probed on the issue, Bennetts said ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited, the first ethically screened global equity listed investment company in over a decade, is undertaking an initial public offering of ordinary shares after lodging its prospectus with ASIC. The company, which provides ...

Soul Pattinson pockets Hunter Hall via Pengana merger

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... own 73% of Hunter Hall's issued equity. The new entity, which Hunter Hall chair Kevin Eley said will maintain his firm's ethical investment screen, will represent about $3.1 billion in funds under management and be led by a board comprising former Colonial ...

RBC secures custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... investment services arm of The Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of NSW and the ACT. It is reported as one of the pioneers of ethical investment management in Australia and seeks to put the mission and beliefs of the Uniting Church into practice through ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... that is aimed at solving the superannuation gap for women." The product promises to offer 'sustainable super' by using an ethical screen similar to the Norwegian pension fund. This would exclude polluters, nuclear weapons manufacturers, and human rights ...

Pricing error shaves $2.2m off Australian Ethical profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
The cost of remediating a unit pricing error drove Australian Ethical Investments' 1H17 profits down 62% to $0.5 million. The consolidated net profit, which includes the results of the Australian Ethical Foundation, was also impacted by employment restructure ...

Professional standards spark SAFAA training

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... partnership with GRC Solutions coincides with the passing of legislation for new requirements to raise the competency and ethical conduct standards of financial advisers, commencing 1 January 2019. This includes compulsory education requirements for ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Queensland is boosting investment in environmentally responsible projects through green bonds issued via the state's Treasury. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Curtis Pitt, said the Queensland Treasury Corporation planned to issue certified ...