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RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)'s Responsible Investment Academy (RI Academy) is being introduced to Canada and India in conjunction with local responsible investment associations. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RI Academy is an ...

Video Panel: Ethical Investments: Design and Communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical Investments: Design and Communication from The Sustainability Report on Vimeo. The Sustainability Report moderated this live panel debate in Sydney on the investment decision-making behind ethical financial products in the areas of superannuation ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... offer investors the opportunity to directly assess risks and opportunities in a portfolio. At the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia 2013 conference, experts on a panel discussed the role real assets play in mitigating climate change ...

Colonial First State GAM publishes global stewardship code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... published a set of Global Stewardship Principles for its funds management business. Pablo Berrutti,head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, CFSGAM The Global Stewardship Principles are compliant with current disclosure requirements for the UK and ...

RIAA: majority of Australians would choose responsible super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund which only considers maximising financial returns, according to a national poll organised by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA commissioned Lonergan Research to conduct an online ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... investment management professionals will debate climate change and unburnable carbon among other topics at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) briefing in Auckland today. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The 4 th annual Responsible Investment ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... factors into the selection, management and monitoring of these portfolios; and the potential impact of responsible investment strategies. The panel was sponsored by MSCI ESG Research and Barclays. Moderated by Rachel Alembakis, publisher of The Sustainability ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... recently appointed chairman of Infradebt, a start-up boutique infrastructure manager. McCredden is a leader in responsible investment and ESG integration, UCA Funds Management said, noting that in 2011, UniSuper had $600m in its responsible Investment ...

Local Government Super names Joanna Davison director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... director since the inception of LGS in 1997 and was instrumental in developing the fund's sustainable and responsible investment strategy.

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... are extending their ESG analysis to unlisted assets including private equity. "When it comes to [socially responsible investment] SRI investor implications, it often comes down to the headline risk," Finlayson said. "Often, there is the headline risk ...