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Banking and Finance Oath reshuffles board

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... foundation of my profession. I will serve all interests in good faith. I will compete with honour. I will pursue my ends with ethical restraint." Speaking at a Naos Asset Management investor presentation, BFO board member Clare Payne acknowledged some ...

Fiducian acquires practice, launches impact fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... Conrad Burge said. "At the same time, their stock selection process must consider environmental, social, governance or ethical activities of the companies they choose for their portfolios."

Future Fund's morphing objective

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
... of the superannuation governance frameworks. Reflecting this it doesn't have trustees but "guardians", who have similar ethical obligations but are not bound by laws administered by the superannuation regulator APRA that apply to regular superannuation ...

Australian Ethical aims super high

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Australian Ethical aims to be at the 75th percentile of its MySuper peer group by 2020 according to the fund's annual sustainability report. The report was released on Friday and managing director Phil Vernon said Australian Ethical plans to achieve ...

Millennials champion impact investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... company or brand because they disagree with the ethics of their behaviour. At the other side of the spectrum, 27% have no ethical concerns that would impact investment decisions. "At present impact investing remains on the fringes of the asset management ...

Australian Ethical joins animal welfare initiative

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Australian Ethical has joined other institutional investors as part of the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare to encourage global food companies to meet a certain standard. The benchmark conducts an annual report ranking global food companies ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... land governance ratings for more than 300 Australian and New Zealand companies at the click of a button. Coinciding with Ethical Investment Week, the new website - www.corporatemonitor.com.au - classifies companies as having direct or indirect involvement ...

Australian Ethical awards $300,000 in grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
Australian Ethical Investment has awarded $300,000 in community grants this month to support a number of causes both in Australia and globally. The manager is committed to donate 10% of its pre-tax profits to organisations that make a positive difference ...

Adviser Ratings reaches 4,000 planners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Consumer-driven adviser review website Adviser Ratings has attracted 4,000 planners to manage and maintain their profiles. Adviser Ratings contains a register of 20,000 financial planners, but advisers can elect to "populate their profiles on Adviser ...

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... embedded a first class customer-centric culture within the business. He has underpinned this culture with the highest ethical standards and shared values. Thanks to his focus, members continually advocate on behalf of the fund, while staff have voted ...