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Baker McKenzie hires special counsel from industry super fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... with Macquarie, MBF and Suncorp. Dani Murrie has been hired as chief marketing and growth officer, overseeing marketing, digital, product and employer partnerships. Murrie was previously senior consultant at MetLife, prior to which she held roles with ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... solar and wind, but increasingly with carbon capture, battery storage and blue and green hydrogen," BlackRock said. "The digital world continues to transform our daily lives, with online work, shopping, schooling and entertainment markedly accelerated ...

Proxy advisers assess impacts of government reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... according to a joint announcement from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane Hume. The changes to regulations via the Treasury Laws Amendment (Greater Transparency of Proxy Advice) ...

DigitalX hires NAB exec as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... company DigitalX has hired a National Australia Bank executive as its new chief executive officer. Lisa Wade, former head of digital innovation and sustainability at National Australia Bank, will join DigitalX after serving out her notice period, DigitalX ...

Proxy advisers criticise new government reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... according to a joint announcement from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy Jane Hume. "Australia has a highly concentrated proxy advice market which is dominated by just four firms," Frydenberg ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... end of that investment, but we don't often think of it that way." ESG expectations will lead to the need for "radical digital transformation," the report found, and there will be an exponential increase in the amount of ESG data to manage and analyse ...

Brighte issues second green asset backed securitisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and $145 million in equity. Brighte is a fast -growing residential green energy financier. It launched in 2016 with a digital-first Buy Now, Pay Later payment plan for residential solar purchases. In 2019, Brighte launched the Brighte Green Loan.

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Boards of the future will have to be agile, will most likely serve shorter tenures and will have to manage critical ESG issues, according to a report from the Governance Institute of Australia. The Governance Institute has released the Future of the ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Agreement. The company said it will be releasing its first sustainability report. "We are focusing on delivering responsible digital growth in the region, an important priority not just for AirTrunk but also our key stakeholders including our customers ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... third of Australian CEOs said they were looking to invest more than 10% and 84% of Australian CEOs said their companies' digital and ESG investment are inextricably linked. Almost half of Australian CEOs believed "our ESG programs boost our financial ...