RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT

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With nearly half of financial advisers providing responsible investment advice, ESG questions are becoming a fundamental part of the client discovery stage....

Financial planning

ESG and responsible investing is yet another sector set to benefit from opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, says an associate director, but it also brings i...

Funds management

Less than 10 per cent of Australian consumers fully understand ESG or sustainable investing, CFS reveals, as confusion around these terms persists. ...

Funds management

The CFA Institute, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, and Principles for Responsible Investment have collaborated on a new resource towards improving consistency...

Funds management

Emerging markets have announced ambitious net-zero targets in keeping with their global peers, but investment managers observe a balancing act between these commitments a...

Funds management

The latest annual RIAA report has found concerns or mistrust around greenwashing by investment managers almost tripled this year, with 62 per cent citing it as a deterren...

People & Products

Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) chief executive, Simon O’Connor, is to step down from the organisation after more than a decade....

Funds management

Finalists for the Responsible Investment Fund of the Year at the 2023 Fund Manager of the Year awards have spoken to Money Management about what has helped their performa...

Financial planning

In conversation with Money Management, RIAA’s chief executive, Simon O’Connor, has shared how the organisation is creating initiatives to engage and help the advice commu...

Financial planning

It will be impossible to find a “sweet spot” of how much information on ESG is appropriate and advisers can expect overwhelming volumes to continue to be necessary for co...

People & Products

Maple-Brown Abbott has changed the screening process for its $35 million Responsible Investment fund to allow a greater focus on sustainability, renaming it the Australia...

People & Products

Aviva Investors has appointed Nick Molho in a newly-created role of head of climate policy....

People & Products

Evergreen Consultants has launched a responsible investment questionnaire that advisers can use to help clients understand their beliefs and select RI products for their ...

Funds management

One of the biggest misconceptions in responsible investing is that products are more expensive than traditional investment products, according to a panel....

Superannuation

Chant West has incorporated responsible investment classifications into its ratings for superannuation fund investment options, allowing investors to make more informed i...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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