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Responsible investment has become a major part of the investment landscape across Australasia. The RIAA’s Annual Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2021 found that 40% of all professionally managed investments in Australia are now managed using a responsible investment approach.
More specifically for impact investing, the impact investment market has mirrored global trends in Australia, more than tripling between 2017 and 2019 to AU$19.9 billion, according to RIAA research.
The same research states that Australian investors indicate they would like to increase their allocation towards impact investments more than fivefold to AU$100 billion over the next five years. Across the Tasman, impact investing activity in New Zealand is also on a steep rise, growing over 13 times from NZ$358 million in 2018 to NZ$4.74 billion in 2019.
This growing interest in responsible investment across the market has resulted in significant growth in investment products and opportunities to invest.
RIAA’S CONSUMER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT:
Research from RIAA (2020), From values to riches- Charting consumer attitudes and demand for responsible investing in Australia 2020; and RIAA & Mindful Money (2019), Responsible investment New Zealand consumer study 2020
“I see sustainability as something that’s particularly important to myself. I see responsible investing as a way to help people create change a bit faster than perhaps Governments can. I also see private capital as leading the way in the change we want to see in the world, and a lot of clients resonate with the fact they can build wealth in a way that feels good for them”
– Kevin McDonald, CFP, Principal Adviser & Director of Future Focus Financial Planning.
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