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Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
This week, Exxon was cleared over charges it had misled shareholders over the cost of climate change, but a legal expert cautioned that directors should not interpret too much from the decision. Sarah Barker, head of climate risk governance at Minter ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations is essential to building an infrastructure portfolio because of the long term nature of the assets, according to First Sentier Investors. Niall Mills, First Sentier Investors ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
MySuper options in superannuation funds that employ responsible investment strategies across portfolios have financially outperformed non-responsible investment peers over one, three and five-year time frames, according to new research from the Responsible ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in insurance linked securities (ILS) can provide return in an asset class that is uncorrelated to other assets, with fund manager Amundi running an ILS strategy that takes into account long-term climate risks and opportunities. Chin Liu, SVP ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Interest in responsible investing is broadly consistent across all age demographics, according to research by asset management firm Franklin Templeton. Graph courtesy of Franklin Templeton "There seems to be growing awareness among the public that both ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
The GRI has launched a new tax reporting standard for comprehensive tax disclosure at the country-by country level. Tim Mohin, GRI chief executive The GRI Tax Standard is designed to aid mutinationals in disclosing how much and where they pay taxes. ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Giving a presentation on how to create, foster and maintain a value-based advisory firm would be timely in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission as well as the newly introduce FASEA Code of Ethics, but in the immediate aftermath of claims by AUSTRAC ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia's most sustainable bank, and the 9th most sustainable bank in the world for its 2019 index series. Rachel Alembakis, editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the only one to have held a positive view of Westpac on environmental ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Westpac shareholders are considering whether to vote against the remuneration report at the December 12 AGM, and if a second strike is recorded, if a complete board spill is the right solution to governance failing. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia ...