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...

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

EXCLUSIVE As clients increasingly seek sustainability-related products and funds, advisers who recommend them could eventually fall under the greenwashing purview of regu...

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...

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...

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...

A change in power dynamics can mean the need to change an investment strategy’s ESG approach overnight, according to a panel of advisers....

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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....

The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia has appointed Ross Piper from Australian Ethical Investment as its new chair....

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...