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GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Rajiv Jain and holds about 45 securities, returned 9.27% last year compared to the 6.15% from the benchmark MSCI ACWI ex tobacco.

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... to the pick-up in the consumer price index. To wit: "The December quarter CPI was primarily impacted by an increase in tobacco excise and the introduction, continuation and conclusion of a number of government schemes, including childcare fee subsidies ...

Redpoint wins $50m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... companies with meaningful exposure to activities including manufacture of controversial weapons, production of alcohol and tobacco, gambling operation or manufacture and extraction of carbon intensive fossil fuels. Redpoint fund manager partner GSFM's ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... be low cost and be transparent about the industries and companies it invests in. As it stands, Rest does not invest in tobacco and chemical weapons. A random cohort of members are currently being surveyed on what industries they would and would not like ...

Commonwealth Super awards mandate for new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... portfolio will be aligned with CSC's exclusion policy and in line with Osmosis' ethical exclusion list, which includes tobacco and all companies that are in breach of the UN Global Compact Principles.

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... alien concept for AIA. According to its responsible investment policy, the life insurer excludes companies manufacturing tobacco and cluster ammunition from its investment portfolio without any exceptions," the non-profit organisations said. "It is high ...

Pinnacle boutique wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... stewardship and ESG factors means funds will not flow into companies with negative social utility such as coal, gambling, tobacco and arms manufacturers." Norman Zhang commenced as legalsuper's chief investment officer in March and has since done ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... these ETFs are in line with core ESG principles and cover many of the usual suspects including fossil fuels, gambling, tobacco, and environmental damage." One of the managers to earn a low score was Fidelity Investments. Note, Fidelity Investments is ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... will invest in stocks that advance one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals agenda, and will negatively screen for tobacco, alcohol, weapons, animal cruelty, human rights abuse, nuclear power, gambling or fossil fuel. The portfolio is 38 international ...

Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... ethical screens. The product will remove companies with significant business activities involving fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, military weapons and civilian firearms, nuclear power and adult entertainment. The fund and ETF will also exclude ...