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Industry fund launches ethical investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... community interest in ethical, social and governance (ESG) matters and the super fund furthering its commitment to ethical investing. The SRI vehicle is certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, and funds within in it are managed ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... industry superannuation funds can work together on solving problems including aged care, housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on the sector to ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... 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 that the benefit ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... appeal for the millennial generation, a demographic that is emerging as a driving force of both the ETF and the ethical investing industry," Vynokur said. "US industry research shows 41% of millennials use ETFs, compared with 25% of Gen Xers and only ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... investors in Australia and across the world. In the US, for example, there's still a large focus on traditional 'ethical investing' or what an investor can exclude from their portfolio. However pension funds such as CalPERS and NYCERS are leading an ...

SSGA expands responsible investment strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... have chosen to exclude tobacco and weapons from their portfolios as part of an overall increase in interest in ethical investing. However this has largely been achieved through separate, customised mandates which can be expensive for all but the largest ...

Inflows and performance boost Australian Ethical profits

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... Vernon said: "This has been a year of unprecedented growth for Australian Ethical, signalling a coming of age for ethical investing. "We can see firsthand that increased shareholder and investor demand for responsible investment is shifting capital out ...

Australian Ethical appoints former AMP Capital PM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... investing to deliver market-leading results for investors. Australian Ethical is the leader in the Australian ethical investing sector, and I'm excited about the opportunity to work on behalf of the growing number of clients choosing to align their investments ...

Australian Ethical appoints equities analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... personal values and delivers strong returns for investors. Australian Ethical is the leader in the Australian ethical investing sector and I look forward to using my skills to help it to continue to deliver excellent results for its investors and sha ...

Research shows ethical investing at tipping point

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
... to mainstream products adopting tighter ESG screens. Australian Ethical predicted that the current growth in ethical investing is due to the rise of the 'new economy' in which investors steer away from environmentally damaging products such as coal and ...