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Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... of responsible managers. The last section offers a quick guide for advisers to incorporate responsible and ethical investment advice in their practice and a list of resources. AXA IM and RIAA representative are organising seminars in four cities this ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... investment options have returned more than 14% for one year to September 2018 with a total average of 10.4% for all ethical investment options in workplace super. This above average performance definitely busts the myth that ethical investments need ...

Warakirri expands investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The Melbourne-based boutique manager has added two consultants to its agriculture investment team. Warakirri Asset Management has appointed Peter Best as a senior investment specialist. He has more than three decades of experience in agriculture, working ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Capital is one of the fund managers that helped develop the pledge. Among the other signatories are: Australian Ethical Investment, AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Christian Super, Cbus, Equipsuper, First State Super, Future Super, GuildSuper, HESTA, Local ...

Temenos scores digital transformation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... compliance software to improve its operational efficiencies. The not-for-profit organisation provides treasury and ethical investment services to the Uniting Church's synod in New South Wales and the ACT. UFS chief executive Warren Bird said: "At ...

Commitment to ethical investing booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
The majority of professionally managed funds in Australia are committed to responsible and ethical investments - a market that is close to approaching $1 trillion. Joint research from KPMG and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) shows ...

Bank distribution head goes green

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
The former head of distribution at Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has taken a new role at an ethical investment manager. David Brennan has joined UCA Funds Management as director - development, adding more than 12 years' experience in financial services. ...

Australian Ethical divests AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... explained. Financial Standard asked whether continued investment in AMP represented a failure of due diligence by ethical investment managers. Palmer said the issue was complex. "There was definitely a history with AMP, such as the enforceable undertaking ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... they too will be impacted by the revelations from the RC. Michelle Brisbane, managing director and adviser, Ethical Investment Services As a long-term adviser I welcome the Royal Commission, as I believe that trust begins with the truth. The larger institutions ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... risk profile that is safer than equities and hybrids. It will charge an investment management fee of 0.275%. Ethical Investment Advisers principal financial adviser Karen McLeod has supported XTBs, in a statement released by the manager. The XTB managed ...