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Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... issuance last year was down to issuance of bonds linked to COVID-19 responses, which Joshua Kendall, head of responsible investment research and stewardship at Insight Investment, believes will continue this year. "It's still likely the case that we ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... tripled over the past two years, from $5.7 billion to $19.9 billion, according to a recent study from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). According to Benchmarking Impact Australian Impact Investor Insights, Activity and Performance ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable long-term returns for superannuation funds, said Joey Alcock principal consultant and chair of the responsible investment group at Frontier. "We expect that the managers that we have rated highly with respect to their ESG capability/credibility ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to drift too far, but in terms of advisory, within the advisor market, people look at us, they think of responsible investment and leading in that area, but we are also ensuring that are communication also focuses on, here are the returns and therefore ...

Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... change, combined with Biden's on-record comments that he will be guided by science, is good news for responsible investment managers, like our responsible investing affiliate, Mirova. Increased focus by the world's biggest economy on addressing ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Barlow-Bolt. McLeod is a financial adviser specialising in ethical investments and is on the board of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA).

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... introducing a tiered framework that describes funds' activities based on their research. Zenith's responsible investment framework establishes five tiers. All funds with a current Zenith investment grade rating receive a responsible investment ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has joined the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "We are delighted to begin our partnership with RIAA to work on important responsible investment issues that are top of mind for our clients," ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Indigenous peoples. In the wake of Juukan Gorge and the Black Lives Matter protests around the world, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has established a new First Nations peoples' Working Group (FNPWG), under the auspices of ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... equity/bonds, they can look and see what for example the climate transition risks are," Kuijpers said. Our responsible investment committee will review high climate risk companies in our portfolios, and decide whether we should divest such company investments. ...