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Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... "One in three Australian workers have experienced sexual harassment in the last five years," she said. "People are at higher risk include as young people, people of migrant backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTI communities." The real issue, Jenkins ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... financial services industry faces $600 billion in climate change risks with widespread implications for banks across credit risk, market risk and operational risk, according to research from by Accenture. According to the climate disclosures of 45 global ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... research, market intelligence and fund services and data and analytics, as well as public companies focused on ESG and governance risk mitigation as a shareholder value enhancing measure. "We remain committed to helping our clients as they increasingly ...

ACSI announces new president, deputy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Having led the fund since its creation on 1 July 2006, Ian Silk is set to leave the super fund at the end of this year. Chief risk officer Paul Schroder will take over the top job, the fund announced.

Global fund manager launches bond impact strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... "We firmly believe public markets, and in particular the fixed income space given its size, can offer investors attractive risk adjusted returns, while ensuring they have a measurable societal and environmental impact." This strategy follows on from ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... the funds management space," similar to the way that ASIC has reviewed how large, listed companies disclose their climate risk. "Boards should be mindful that prohibitions in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) on misleading and deceptive conduct and false ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... their contribution to climate change and manage their exposure to the low-carbon transition, as part of their return- and risk-management, Neuberger Berman said. "There are different ways of going about implementation and different choices to make," ...

NTAM launches new quantitative low carbon strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... investment fund that is designed to provide "a reasonable exposure to potential market upside while seeking to mitigate downside risk." The QLV Low Carbon strategy aims to reduce a portfolio's carbon footprint, seeking a reduction in the carbon intensity ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... having read those other company statements.'" Moving forward, the financial services sector will also have to move past risk identification towards the ultimate goal of remediating instances of modern slavery. "If you're an investor or an organisation ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Impact investor Melior Asset Management has developed its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). The RAP will see Melior commit to 14 activities on a range of issues internal to the business and external in terms of their engagement with companies. ...