For Australia’s Pension Funds, It Really Does Pay to Be Good
- Survey finds funds that invest responsibly outperform peers
- Responsible investment staff numbers have doubled since 2018
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Responsible investing pays real dividends.
That’s the verdict of a survey released Friday by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia, which analyzed the returns of almost 60 of Australia’s largest superannuation, or pension, funds. It found the funds with comprehensive responsible investing policies returned about 1% more per annum than their peers over one, three and five-year time frames.