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Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... managing," O'Connor said. "We're making stronger efforts to understand the consumer. There are very strong commitments to and investing in line with investments and beliefs. The public is clearly demonstrating that that they want their life savings and ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Governance Institute of Australia, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), the Climate Institute and Impact Investing Australia spoke with The Sustainability Report about their priorities across a variety of ESG-related issues and their ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... strong demand, and even anecdotally, we are getting advice from mainstream advisers where are people asking about ethical investing." There is still a lack of supply, particularly in the Australian-dollar denominated green fund space, which constrains ...

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... governments. This episode features affordable housing experts and field practitioners: Mark Peacock, director of impact investing at Social Ventures Australia. Wendy Hayhurst, CEO of the New South Wales Federation of Housing Associations. Debby Blakey ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... needs to be metrics with more comparability and transparency across the industry, said Mark Peacock, director of impact investing at SVA. "It's challenging, of course, because it's a market that is reasonably fragmented, and lots of providers approach ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
Human rights are a growing concern amongst global investors. As investing becomes more transparent, owning companies that breach global conventions on human rights carries greater reputational risk, which can potentially have a material impact on company ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... fund a program to pilot social impact bonds (SIBs). Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia As part of the 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... manager for ESG carbon, controversies and sustainable impact products at MSCI. "The idea was to apply some of the impact investing principles to the listed equity space." The MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics allow investors to "measure their exposure ...

PRI considering integration of Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Reporting on impacts and outcomes would be a flow on in parallel to the work that investors will do out, for example, in investing in the transition to a low carbon economy, Reynolds said. In terms of regional developments, PRI has integrated the Association ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to working with an organisation that is 100% dedicated to ethical investment and using my experience in sustainable investing to deliver market-leading results for investors," Murray said. "Australian Ethical is the leader in the Australian ethical investing ...