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IOOF boosts super team with VicSuper and First State Super vets

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... partnerships at First State Super; she has also held roles at Health Super, Superpartners and the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation. "Stephen and Chris bring considerable experience to the team and we have every expectation they will build ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... through a cycle (before fees). The fund excludes companies whose primary business activity involves armaments, uranium, gambling, tobacco production, pornography, alcohol production, or production or sale of thermal coal. Companies are also excluded ...

Islamic investment delivers strong return for Crescent Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... approach: "We start with a universe of around 700 global stocks and we take out companies related to tobacco, alcohol, gambling or the pork industry. We also discard companies that have been sanctioned by regulators." Crescent Wealth makes sure that ...

ASIC bans former Westpac problem gambler

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
... of their clients will be removed from the industry." Singh used the withdrawals to fund his addictions to alcohol and gambling; he would activate the cards using his employee access and then get staff members to create PINs for them. "He let [gambling] ...

Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... stakeholder interests, such as mine development and hydraulic fracturing, corporation tax avoidance, poker machines and problem gambling, the impact of plastic beverage containers on the environment, and the link between fast food and obesity. The paper ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... greatly from one another. Some, for example, operate total screening policies on fossil fuels, weapons manufacturer and gambling, while others prefer company engagement and a 'best of sector' approach. "The challenge for advisers is to recommend the ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... of Australia to the leadership team. Aside from fossil fuels, the fund also screens out companies related to tobacco, gambling, live animal exports and armaments. Future Super said it also has positive screens which ensure it "actively invests in exceptional ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... Metals half a cent weaker at $4.545. The banks were all higher, with gains of between 0.55 per cent and 0.85 per cent. Gambling firm Tatts was among the worst performers, dropping 19 cents to $3.43 after its profit and revenue dropped. On Wall Street ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... of younger Christians," he said. Christian Super has strict negative and positive screening policies on areas such as gambling, pornography, human rights and renewable energy. Australian Christian Super currently operates on an outsourced model. Under ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... 200. Hunter Hall joins Australian Ethical as a stringent screener of fossil fuels. Hunter Hall also screens tobacco, gambling, armaments, uranium, nuclear energy, cutting down old growth forests and intensive animal husbandry. The screen applies to sectors ...