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Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Responsible Investment Association of Australasia chief executive Simon O'Connor has said executive leadership spills at major Australian corporates are heralding in a new era of ESG accountability. Writing for the ASX, O'Connor specifically named Rio ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... and must be a feature of future appointments to the board," she said. Chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australiasia (RIAA), Simon O'Connor also welcomed the news of the executive changes. "Many investors were shocked by the destruction ...

Super-backed specialist centre opens in Hobart

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... demonstrating a proven track record of scalable investments," HESTA said. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, the local impact investment market has more than tripled over the past three years to almost $20 billion. "If even ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... are largely continuing to outperform the general market, according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and the performance of responsible investments, said in a time of massive market disruption ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... voting records than industry funds. While members of the Principles of Responsible Investment or Responsible Investment Association of Australia were more likely than non-members to disclose, members of the Financial Services Council (FSC) were actually ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... market will reach $100 billion by 2025. The Benchmarking Impact 2020 report, coming out of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) found that the market for impact investing; investments that create positive environmental and social ...

AMP, Pendal launch new managed portfolio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... invests responsibly and ethically across the board." AMP's platform business is a member of the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA).

FASEA too soft on ethical investing: Advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
During a Responsible Investment Association of Australasia webinar some financial advisers have suggested that FASEA's Code of Ethics doesn't go far enough on ethical investing. Appearing on the webinar, Federation Financial Services adviser Dave Rae ...

Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... environmental and economic outcomes for the nation. The study comes out of Australian Ethical and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), who surveyed more than 1000 Australians in both capital cities and regional areas from February 7-13. ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... postpone the event in order to protect the health and wellbeing of our attendees," Class said. The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's conference slated for March 17-18 was also postponed.