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Industry gathers for ESG academy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... environment, heritage and the arts, Peter Garratt along with Academy chair, Steve Gibbs and Responsible Investment Association of Australiasia chief executive, Louise O'Halloran, officially launched the academy yesterday. The academy's curriculum and ...

Direct property reigns: study

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2008
... investors' bottom lines in the last 20 years, new research shows. According to the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) and Atchison Consultants, direct property provided strong returns, the highest distributions, lowest volatility ...

ADPIA lobbies against relic property laws

... rid of archaic property trust regulations. Linden Toll, the president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) said current laws are out of date, onerous and increased industry costs. "Currently there are a number of rules that ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... rate of their mainstream counterparts, according to a new report. The latest research from Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has shown that the 'responsible investing' sector has grown by 43 per cent to $19.3 billion in funds under ...

ADPIA lobbies for fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... products. Speaking at a conference this week, Linden Toll, president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA), said that in the past twelve months, Australian investors have lost around $1 billion on "unsecured mezzanine" funds ...

Australian Ethical Investments go global

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... a world of companies with superior environmental and financial credentials," O'Donnell said. In Ethical Investment Association's 2006 Benchmark Survey, Australians have invested a total of $11.98 billion in ethically screened funds.

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... Diversified Office Fund and Commercial Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing the environmental ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... that the fund is a founding member of the UN Principles on Responsible Investment, a member of the Ethical Investment Association and a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure project. "We have been taking a number of steps to lead the way in terms of Responsible ...

Devote 20 per cent or more to direct property: ADPIA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) said investors should be allocating at least 20 per cent of their portfolios to direct property. An analysis of asset class performance data for the last 10 and 20 years, undertaken by Atchison ...

Ethical investment education comes online

... assurance and compliance group, SAI Global Limited, have announced that they will partner with the Ethical Investment Association (EIA) to bring a course to the market that offers an SRI symbol of certification upon completion. SAI Chief Executive, Ross ...