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New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... issues such as the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into advice, ethical and education standards and the proposed Life Insurance Framework. O'Dwyer is one of the five women in Turnbull's Cabinet and ...

S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... sustainability Julia Kochetygova said. The index "aims to include companies with resilient business profiles by addressing the ethical challenges that can make a stronger investment case." The index has been licensed to US-based exchange traded funds ...

Lower super fees impact Australian Ethical

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... progressive reduction in superannuation fees over the medium term is having a significant impact on revenues at Australian Ethical Investments. Yesterday Australian Ethical reported a full-year net profit after tax of $1.97 million, down 23% on 2014. ...

Future Super launches fossil free index

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... given a helping hand. Today Thomson Reuters and Future Super have launched two indices aiming to serve growing demand for ethical investment as investors see potential high returns combined with lower environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. ...

Manus and Nauru are immoral and risky: super funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... said that funds "have not taken the decision [to divest] lightly." "It is wrong to characterise the divestment as just an ethical or moral judgment, there is an investment rationale behind it," she said. First State Super is another fund that has reportedly ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... available to investors and advisers on the netwealth platform. The Altius fund is a diversified Australian fixed interest ethical fund, which is not common in the Australian market: "While there have been equity funds available for some time that are ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... stronger positions on issues such as tobacco and fossil fuels and there was growing consumer confidence in responsible and ethical investments. The report said retail responsible and ethical investments are continuing to grow, up 24% on last year to ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... Northern Trust has been appointed to provide global custody services for UCA Funds Management, one of Australia's largest ethical fund managers. UCA Funds Management chief executive, Michael Walsh, said the appointment also brings the company one step ...

Australian Ethical reduces super fee

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Australian Ethical has reduced the administration fee for its $788 million superannuation fund. From today, the fee will go from 0.93% to 0.63%, as part of a "medium-term strategy" to improve fee competitiveness. According to Australian Ethical managing ...

Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... advice divisions. AMP, Macquarie Bank, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank and BT Financial Group have developed and funded a program in ethical literacy along with not-for-profit organisation The Ethics Centre. The program starts this week with 500 AMP planners ...