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Mercer wins university investment mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... and biological, chemical or nuclear weapons. It will also avoid companies with material exposure to tobacco, alcohol, gambling or gaming, adult entertainment and thermal coal, and will target companies with innovative solutions to sustainable development. ...

Space and biblical indexes launched

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... responsible investing. It limits portfolio exposures to practices related to abortion, pornography, alcohol, tobacco, gambling and anti-family entertaining. The Space Index, which tracks the performance of companies primarily engaged in the space industry ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... environmental destruction, including coal and uranium mining, oil and gas, animal cruelty, tobacco and alcohol, armaments, gambling and rainforest or old growth logging. Since inception in August 2012, MGOF has earned investors a compound annualised ...

Lonsec highly recommends Martin Currie ethical fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... screen, excludes companies with business involvement above 5% of revenue in alcohol, adult entertainment, weapons, fur, gambling, genetically modified crops, nuclear power and tobacco. Lonsec said the fund "benefits from a well-structured process and ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... It also only invests in those that pass a series of eligibility screens, removing those with exposure to fossil fuels, gambling, tobacco, armaments, human rights concerns and other activities deemed inconsistent with responsible investment best practice. ...

Tobacco and super funds must split

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... Fund in November 2014. The fund automatically excludes companies whose primary business activity is armaments, uranium, gambling, pornography, alcohol production, production or sale of thermal coal and tobacco production, with all companies then ranked ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
... the Altius Sustainable Bond Fund does not invest in companies with business activities involving armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or the production or sale of thermal coal. In its review of the funds ...

LGS strengthens ethical commitment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... exclude or reduce exposure to companies that are connected to or that derive revenue from practices such as tobacco, gambling, alcohol, child labour, cluster munitions, pornography and factory farming. With regards to governance, Dimension aims to ensure ...

Future Super issues $145m admin mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... administration services for the super fund. Future Super is an ethical fund which avoids investments in fossil fuel, tobacco, gambling, mining, live animal exports and armaments companies. Future Super managing director Simon Sheikh commented on the ...