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Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... animal cruelty, 54% about tobacco, 51% about human rights abuses and 50% were concerned about their super contributing to gambling issues. O'Connor said that Australians believe ethical investments can generate long-term profits. "People are seeing ...

CBA in court over RC case studies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... debt with CBA and that he had pleaded with the bank to stop offering him more credit, telling them upfront that he had a gambling problem. Harris told the Royal Commission that the only way he could see he would be able to pay off the debts was to try ...

Praemium rolls out investment tools, options

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... functionality, Praemium now offers advisers the ability to automatically screen portfolios across nine screens, including tobacco, gambling, animal testing and three separate fossil fuel options. In addition to the new screens, advisers using Praemium ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... week. Sustainable investing has traditionally been considered the exclusion of unethical investments; alcohol, tobacco, gambling, fossil fuel miners and weapons manufacturers. Of late, it has developed into a more nuanced investment philosophy, aiming ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... in the mining, extraction or the burning of fossil fuels. The fund will also remove any issuers which are exposed to gambling, tobacco, animal cruelty, alcohol, pornography and human rights violations. The fund will also exclude companies that show a ...

Industry fund bumps up fee for ESG option

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... standards, climate change mitigation, human rights, child labour and the exclusion of tobacco, pornography, armament and gambling stocks. Only 1% of the fund's members are invested in the option, according to its annual report for the FY19. Its recent ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... recently launched new separately managed accounts which screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons, heavy polluters, gambling and coal. Portfolio manager and head of research Luke Price explained the SMAs are designed to meet the potential increase ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... funds, among other things, to engage in extravagant spending sprees, acquiring one-of-kind artwork and luxury real estate, gambling freely at casinos, and propping up his lavish lifestyle," said assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski of the US ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... through Ethical Advisers Funds Management. The SMAs will screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons, heavy polluters, gambling and coal while targeting healthcare, recycling, education, sustainable technologies, clean energy and aged care. The team ...

BlackRock Australia rejigs multi-asset range

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... income allocations will have more comprehensive screening, accounting for nine areas including fossil fuels, alcohol, gambling, adult entertainment and civilian firearms. BlackRock said it is hard to quantify how much of the portfolio will change. "It's ...