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Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) chief executive, Simon O’Connor, is to step down from the organisation after more than a decade....
Financial planning
EXCLUSIVE As clients increasingly seek sustainability-related products and funds, advisers who recommend them could eventually fall under the greenwashing purview of regu...
Editorial
While investors have moved past the idea of ESG as a kind of philanthropic activity, the uncertainty and volatility of markets this year could end up pitting ‘values’ ag...
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...
Financial planning
A change in power dynamics can mean the need to change an investment strategy’s ESG approach overnight, according to a panel of advisers....
Funds management
ASIC is unlikely to slow its pace on greenwashing enforcement, according to deputy chair Karen Chester, or it will run the risk of making Australia a target for misconduc...
Funds management
There is a real need to remove the language of “woke capitalism” from ESG investment, according to a panel, if there is to be progress in Australia. ...
Funds management
With significant action towards sustainable finance announced in the 2023–24 budget, the building blocks are now in place for meaningful change, according to RIAA’s chief...
Funds management
The naming of ESG funds could be a hindrance to flows as growing regulatory enforcement action against greenwashing prompts investors to seek out those funds that “fly un...
Funds management
ESG investing will swing from a “nice to have” to a must-have this year as the Government pursues a regulatory approach, the association said....
People & Products
The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia has appointed Ross Piper from Australian Ethical Investment as its new chair....
Funds management
The number of investment managers holding companies to account on environmental and social issues has more than doubled in the past two years as investors demand more cor...
Funds management
Over two-thirds of advisers believe it is their responsibility to align clients’ investments with their value as the interest in environmental, social and governance inve...
Financial planning
The lack of industry standards is making it difficult for advisers to consider the responsible investment element of their clients’ portfolio, particularly outside of lis...
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