Recently we’ve witnessed that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments have been growing across asset classes on the basis of stronger beliefs that they are not only ethically proof, but financially pragmatic as well. Yet ESG investments are not immune from macroeconomic trends and financial...
Yesterday’s launch of the responsible investment sector’s annual benchmarking report shows responsible investment has almost doubled in 2 years. The 2016 Responsible Investment Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) found that core responsible investment has grown by 62% in one year and is now...
In September 2015, RIAA launched our new 3-Year Strategy (see here) that contained one big audacious goal – to grow funds flowing into core responsible investment products from 2.5% of the market to 10% of the market in 3 years. Stretch target? Yes. Achievable? We believe...