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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... how it would work, leading to a plunge on Wall Street that sliced 380 points from the Dow. Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors' existing home sales report was overwhelmingly positive for the market although it showed a decline in home prices ...

RIAA adds more members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Super Safeguard, The FTSE Group - Australia and Trucost are the new members of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). UBS Wealth Management financial adviser, Bernie Connolly; Fortuna Capital Partners consultant, Brookes McTavish ...

Responsible investments still in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... the last year, bringing the sector's figures to $57.1 billion, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia. The Responsible Investment 2008 report found that broad responsible investment grew eight per cent from $52.8 billion to $57.1 ...

Euro SRI market hits $4 trillion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... European countries represents more than $4 trillion. Eurosif, the European equivalent of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), report found SRI assets under management represents roughly $4.7 trillion at the end of December 2007 ...

Managers seek ESG framework

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... issues into investment processes remains the biggest hurdle for integration. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Ian Woods, AMP Capital Investors sustainability senior research analyst, said ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... firms, according to Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Fund trustee and UK PRI chair. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, MacDonald, said pension funds are not blameless in the current credit market ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... as super funds demand it, according to John Coombe, JANA executive director. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Coombe, said the firm already provided its clients with ESG research but would ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... governance and research adviser that works with pension funds when they seek to place their billions of dollars in investment funds. This leads to unnecessary conflicts of interests, which should in reality be easy to handle, said Martin Lawrence, lead ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... 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 management ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... as brokerage stocks increased as investors hunted for bargains amongst companies hurt by sub prime mortgages and a investment bank Bear Stearns gained after a report said it could sell a stake of up to 20 per cent to outside investors. The market was ...