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Responsible investment plagues super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... screening, corporate engagement or sustainability themed investing - all across at least one asset class. RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said the report provides a window into the rapid emergence of more sophisticated responsible investment approaches ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... beliefs. Achieving RIAA Certification requires meeting the industry body's operational and disclosure requirements. RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor said RIAA was pleased to welcome AXA IM to its renewed certification program. "Our program is designed to help ...

Default super should have base ESG standard: RIAA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... investment exclusions "to recognise the expectations of Australians around responsible investment." RIAA chief executive Simon O'Connor said there needs to be more research and discussion around how to best implement the idea but there was already ...

New website gives advisers company ESG ratings

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... broadly, removing impediments faced by consumers who want to invest responsibly." CAER chief executive Duncan Paterson said. Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, added: "With 70% of Australians expecting ...

Retail responsible investment up 24pct

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... superannuation has started its terminal decline according to Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) chief executive Simon O'Connor. O'Connor made the comment as the annual RIAA Responsible Investment Benchmark Report was released today ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... Ron A MullinsA A @ronmullins75 Sam A NaiduA A @sam_naidu Chris A NairnA A @ChrisNairn_EPW Gordon A Noble A A @gordonnoble Simon A O'Connor @EconOConnor Brendan O'Farrell A @super_bof Jenny A Pearse A A @JennyPearse1A Sarah A Penn A A @MayflowerAU Julian ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI); Pru Bennett, director of Asia Pacific Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment at BlackRock; Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) and Arlene Tansey, non-executive director ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors; Pru Bennett, head of corporate governance at BlackRock Investment Management; and Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Don Hamson, deputy chair ...

RIAA appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed Simon O'Connor as its new chief executive, it was announced today. Louise O'Halloran stepped down from the role at the end of 2012 after more than a decade with the company. O'Connor ...

UBS names ING IM transfers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... Haddad, small-cap, David Scott and Patrick Barrett, property securities, and Steve Coffey, large-cap, who moves over from QBE. Simon Shields, head of equities, and Shane Fitzgerald, financials and gaming analyst, will form a separate and independently ...