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Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... 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. Australian Ethical ...

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.

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... and 2019. Williams has also previously served as a non-executive director for the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). She is a member of the Australian Sustainable Finance ...

The secret to super outperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
New research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has revealed Australian superannuation funds that engage in responsible investing are outperforming their peers. The report looked at one, three and five-year time frames and ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... impact-related ESG investing options. Franklin Templeton's survey supports research by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, which found that impact investing has grown 72% from 2017-18 to hit $13.8 billion in assets. Franklin Templeton ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The latest Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across ...

Fund manager buys into Morphic AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... Opportunities Fun and Morphic Ethical Equities Fund (ASX-listed), which are both certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, and Trium Morphic ESG L/S Global Fund. Morphic founders Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater will continue ...

Australia, New Zealand leaders in responsible investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... are the most likely in the world to use a responsible investment approach, according to the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia. In Australia and New Zealand, 63% of total assets under management are using a responsible investment strategy. ...

Superannuation, insurance expert joins EY

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... division, said McKechnie's skills will complement the firm's existing banking and finance regulatory, licensing and investment funds services. McKechnie previously advised superannuation funds in the retail and industry space, and has worked ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... to get them to do better." According to Simon O'Connor, chief executive of Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), these concerns about Facebook are an example of the challenges and nuances of ethical investing. "As a responsible investor ...