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RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... the mood to be responsible across all core KiwiSaver products." RIAA has launched Responsible Returns, a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. The site matches a consumer ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Fast fashion garment brands globally as well as in Australia are facing a potential "inflection point" to their business model, with pressures from increased labour and environmental costs predicted to impact on how companies access factories overseas ...

RIAA designs Responsible Returns consumer website

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has designed a website to match retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products to meet their profile. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The site, Responsible Returns, matches ...

BNP Paribas to develop products around Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainable growth in their products and services but as well in their way of doing business." The index is designed for both retail and institutional purpose, BNP Paribas said.

Ethical Investment Week to bust the ethical investment return myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
While demand for retail ethical investment products continues to grow, the Ethical Advisers' Co-Operative continues to chisel away at the persistent "myth" that ethical investing is a choice between investing to a set of values and financial return ...

UCA Funds Management names Katherine Allchin to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Katherine Allchin as non-executive director. Allchin has more than 25 years' experience in financial services, and knowledge of retail and institutional funds management. She has previously worked as managing director at Barclays Global Investors for ...

Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... liveability score, an 83% employee satisfaction score and achieved a green start performance portfolio rating for 22 of retail centres in 2016 against a statutory profit of AU$889 million and an underlying profit of AU$660 million Davina Rooney, general ...

Emerald Wrap, Impact 20/80 form impact investing partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... 20/80 is operating in an environment where technology costs are falling, which means it is increasingly less expensive for retail investors to design their own portfolios. "When we talk about investors choosing their own investment adventure in their ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... should be points of discussion between company boards and shareholders. The HACK ETF is available to both wholesale and retail investors, and ETFs are often touted as less costly way for retail investors and individuals to access a basket of securities ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... attention on cash as an asset class that can be developed into responsible investment and ethical cash products, driven by retail demand and core business strategy. Sasha Courville, head of social innovation at NAB The Responsible Investment Association ...