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BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... Australian Bond Index Fund the two launched earlier this year. Benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-fossil fuels index, the iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund is designed to allow investors to gain exposure ...

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... last week. The management costs remain the same at 0.35%. VanEck worked with MSCI to develop the MSCI Australia IMI Select SRI Screened Index. The index has 60 companies chosen through positive and negative screens. It excludes companies based on MSCI ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... Australian ESG benchmark, BlackRock Investment Management Australia said. The benchmark is a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI SRI ESG-Weighted Australian Aggregate AU$100M Index. It excludes tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civil firearms ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... across both emerging markets and major developed countries. The fund will track the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate ex SRI Exclusions Index, hedged to Australian dollars. Vanguard Australia head of product and marketing Evan Reedman said the ...

Perpetual reports $140m profit, investments business dips

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... chief executive Chris Green said. "Over the year our Global Share Fund received a rating upgrade, we launched a new Ethical SRI Credit Fund, while our credit and fixed income suite is performing well and attracting investment flows," he said. Perpetual ...

Boutique equities manager raising $4 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... investor sales from June 2014 to June 2016. He said Seer would incorporate sustainable, responsible and impact investing (SRI) research in its traditional fundamental analysis. "On a global scale, the demand for fund managers to undertake SRI is growing ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... its Responsible Investment Certification Program. The program assigns certification symbols of 'responsible,' 'ethical' or 'SRI' if a product provider implements a detailed responsible investment process in its investment decisions and clearly discloses ...

Perpetual launches ethical fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... that applies strict social and ethical considerations to meet a gap in the local fixed income market. The Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund aims to meet investors' growing demand for a diversified portfolio of ethical, socially responsible fixed ...

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... of the agreements include specific sector exclusions and comprehensive reporting requirements in line with the university's SRI policy including carbon intensity exposure."

VanEck launches sustainable ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
... criteria. The fund charges management fees of 0.55% per annum and will track the MSCI World ex Australia ex Fossil Fuel Select SRI and Low Carbon Capped Index. The index excludes companies with fossil fuel reserves and high carbon emission; operate in ...