Responsible Investment - Mindful Money

More KiwiSaver enters sin stocks through passive investing

25th Sept. 2023

Passive investment and index funds are partly to blame for more KiwiSaver money being funnelled into businesses that harm the environment, animals or people, says Mindful Money CEO Barry Coates.

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FMA ratchets up its campaign for better ESG disclosure from fund managers

16th Aug. 2022

The FMA won’t be giving much leeway to fund managers who are promoting and selling ESG products but dragging their feet in bringing their disclosure documents up to scratch.

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FMA calls out industry over ethical claims

28th July 2022

Of this 68%, only 26% have actually chosen a fund manager based on its ethical credentials; 51% have not and 23% have looked into it but done nothing.

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Ethical investing: survey reveals key messages for advisers and fund managers

28th April 2022

Younger investors would be more likely to make the change – 60% of millennials (aged 25-39) and 57% of Gen Z (18-24) compared with only 52% of baby boomers (aged … Ethical Investment Good Returns

Advisers can take on the climate change challenge

23rd Nov. 2021

Financial advisers have a crucial role in helping their clients and the companies they invest in avoid climate risk after a disappointing result at the recent COP26 Climate Summit.

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Climate change disclosure rules pass final hurdle

21st Oct. 2021

All but one of New Zealand's political parties have voted to pass the Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill meaning around 200 large banks, insurers, KiwiSaver schemes … Climate change Good Returns

Fossil fuel investment drops 'but not fast enough'

21st Aug. 2021

KiwiSaver funds invested in fossil fuel-producing companies fell by $331 million in the six months to the end of March, according to new data released by Mindful Money.

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