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Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
UniSuper lifted the veil on the appeal of sustainable investment options to the fund's younger members at the RIAA conference on Thursday. In a remarkable sign of transparency in front of its peers, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun shared member ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... where they've done their research, to work out the health of nature there and you can use that to look at your investment decisions or management decisions," said D'Eugenio. In a similar vein, the Australian Conservation Foundation also sees ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... disability, while a further 20% do not know. This is according to an audience poll taken during a session at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. The big problem is there is a fundamental ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Responsible investors are urged to lead the charge in accurate labelling and reporting, Longo said at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. "The fundamental objective is the attract investment ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... next six years, says the chief executive of the nation's third-largest super fund. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in Sydney yesterday, Deanne Stewart, CEO of Aware Super, spoke about how the $150 ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... First Nations Heritage. Rachel Perkins, founder of Blackfella Films and co-chair of Yes23 spoke at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney today. She called the Heritage Protection Act "broken", and ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... fines, litigation, and ultimately, financial losses for companies and the investors who back them. The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) today launched its toolkit to help investors address the rapidly evolving human rights risks ...

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... will help consumers, advisers and others to compare the degree to which sustainability is a consideration as a binding investment criteria. The new Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) classification was launched by RIAA co-CEOs Dean ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... require investors to look beyond narrowly defined ESG standards, Gareth Evans told the audience today at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's (RIAA) 2024 Conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Evans is a professor ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... operation since 2012. It has returned 15.3% over 10 years versus the index's 12.5%. It requires a minimum initial investment amount of $20,000. New York-based ClearBridge head of global growth Elisa Mazen is one of the portfolio managers overseeing ...