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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.

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... between 2008 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 ...

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 ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... investment industry, but the data is showing that this assumption no longer holds true. The Responsible Investment Association of Australia estimates there is more than $2.96 trillion invested in ethical strategies around the globe." Vynokur added, in ...

Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
A new report produced by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) along with the University of Auckland and AMP Capital has revealed how difficult it is for fund managers to actually measure the influence of impact investments. The ...

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 ...