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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 ...

LMW Invest secures property veterans

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... a fund manager with Investa Property Group. Meanwhile Toll, president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association, will be leading the distribution and marketing activities of the fund. Toll was previously with Orchard Funds Management and ...

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 Linden Toll, the president of the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) said current laws are out of date, onerous and increased industry costs.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 ...