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Alphinity rolls out sustainable Aussie equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Alphinity Investment Management has launched a new Australian equities fund designed to address the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (SSF) aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index after ...

Industry fund invests $100 million in renewable energy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... also provides opportunities in the transition to a climate resilient economy and enables Cbus to contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals," Callebaut said.

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... said. ACS also partners with the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), and is a member of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

Legg Mason affiliate divests tobacco, cluster bombs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... controversial areas," Sowerby added. Sowerby also noted that eight of Legg Masons' nine affiliates are signatories to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing. The new ESG commitment follows Legg Mason entering into a long-term strategic ...

Australia increases foreign direct investment inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... Australia was one of few countries to see foreign direct investment inflows increase in 2017, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UNCTAD Global Investment Trends Monitor shows international flows of foreign direct ...

New ETF to combat gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... gender equality criteria, sustainability and donation make this ETF a leap-step forward in connecting capital to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5 - achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls," she said. Research recently ...

Super fund ESG specialist joins PRI committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... joined one of the top advisory committees at the Principles for Responsible Investment. Prior to Christmas the United Nations-supported PRI announced its newest members of the Private Equity Advisory Committee. Joining the committee from 1 January 2018 ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... projects." Doing its part, to date BNP Paribas has issued €135 billion in loans that directly work to achieve the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals, manages about €25 billion in decarbonised assets and is working toward a target of ...

Fidelity strengthens support for global LGBTI community

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... discrimination against the LGBTI community. The global investment house has adopted standards developed by the United Nations' Human Rights Office, outlining actions organisations can take to protect the rights of LGBTI individuals. Fidelity has vowed ...

Standard Life launches impact fund, appoints managers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... hold a high-conviction portfolio of 35 to 60 stocks, all which meet a series of criteria designed to reflect the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The criteria are that stocks "support the delivery of measurable, positive environmental and ...