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New Perennial small caps active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... companies that derive more than 10% of their revenue from fossil fuels, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, forestry activities, gambling, modern slavery and unhealthy fast foods. "Sustainable investing is increasingly an important focus for many investors, and ...

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... Walker only spent two months in the role. Prior to working in the aged care industry, Henwood had a long career in the gambling industry. She is a former chief financial officer for Racing Queensland and also for chief financial officer at Crown Melbourne ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... campaign to try to prompt Australians to consider whether they like the idea of their superannuation savings funding the gambling industry. Australian Ethical research found some of Australia's largest super funds by assets under management are investing ...

Couple faces prison over ponzi-style scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... bogus property developments in Australia and the US. The funds she procured for investment purposes were actually spent gambling at Crown Casino in Melbourne and paying off her credit card debt. Maureen Johnston pleaded guilty to obtaining financial ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI SRI ESG-Weighted Australian Aggregate AU$100M Index. It excludes tobacco, alcohol, gambling, military weapons, civil firearms, nuclear power, adult entertainment, genetically modified organisms and fossil fuel reserves ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... the cheap side. In unlisted, everything looks expensive," Pearce said. The fund has screened for tobacco, armaments, gambling and fossil fuels for more than seven years. Pearce said the fund is content with its ESG and has no immediate plans in the area. ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... actively have a 'no-go' approach to investments in industries such as weapons manufacturing, alcohol production and sales, gambling, pornography and interest-earning financial institutions, such as banks," Yassine explained. "We offer an attractive alternative ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... create changes which improve the retirement outcomes and financial power of women. As such, it excludes investment in gambling, offshore detention, tobacco, weapons, animal cruelty and fossil fuels. The fund will also not invest in companies that abuse ...

University endowment fund awards mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... fund. This will screen out securities of companies that drive more than 20% of their revenue directly from tobacco, coal, gambling or adult entertainment. Aberdeen Standard Investments is now ANU Endowment Fund's only external Australian fixed income ...

Vanguard launches ESG funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... to access diversified international equities and fixed income exposures which exclude fossil fuel reserves, tobacco, gambling, weapons, nuclear power and adult entertainment. Both funds are available to investors now, but will be offered as ETFs from ...