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Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... returns. The Emerald Portfolio is invested in exchange traded funds - the Russell Investments Australian Responsible Investment ETF (RARI) and the BetaShares BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI), Lucas said. Lucas described the Emerald ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) approach. The Socially Conscious investment option has been certified by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia as a socially responsible investment option, VicSuper said. "The asset allocation went from a high ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... goals for limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius." Chris Newton, executive director, Responsible Investment at IFM Investors, reiterated the fund manager's belief in the need to consider the impacts of climate change as part of long ...

RIAA launches Impact Investment Forum to build scale in sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has launched the Impact Investment Forum, taking over some of the assets from the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The Impact ...

Citi, Credit Suisse recognised at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... plus a return to coverage of environmental issues such as environmental rehabilitation. "At a time when responsible investment has become the benchmark of good investment practice, it's becoming even more critical that we have high quality ESG research" ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference. From the point of view of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), economic inequality is a key, and growing, financial risk internationally, said Angela Emslie, the independent ...

Neuberger Berman hires new head of environmental, social and governance investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... investing platforms, as demand for ESG strategies rise globally." Neuberger Berman joined the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in 2012.

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... fixed income universe, small change can have an enormous positive impact." PIMCO began managing socially responsible investment portfolios in 1991, launching a version of the Total Return strategy in the U.S. that excluded investments in select industries ...

IGCC, AIGCC publish investor disclosure guide aligned to TCFD recommendations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... dramatically over the last two years including through regulation in some countries," said Pablo Berrutti, head of responsible investment Asia Pacific for Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and chair of the IGCC Disclosure Working ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... increase of 247.5% over the two year period. The review is based on reports compiled by GSIA members Eurosif, Responsible Investment Association Australasia, RIA Canada and US SIF, plus reports and insights from the Principles for Responsible Investment ...