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Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... comprised of an internal allocation and external clients such as endowments, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, plus high net worth clients, Liu said. "In today's market conditions, where valuation is very tight, approaching the end of a credit ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... ranged between US$500-600 billion annually, citing UNU-WIDER and the International Monetary Fund. "Tax avoidance comes with high human costs as it undermines governments' ability to provide quality public services and promote economic development," said ...

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
... The Never Ending Quest. He plotted ethical behaviour on an axis of motivation and ease. "When human motivation is nice and high, we're going to do stuff," Hale said. "Because human beings are essentially lazy, our brains are lazy and it likes to take ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... social and corporate governance (ESG) performance. MSCI's ESG Ratings has Westpac rated AA, its second highest rating, high enough to consider the bank a "leader" globally. Westpac has retained that AA rating since 2015. But how to reconcile those ...

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 ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... with small and mid-cap companies around key environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues is key to uncovering high quality companies making a positive impact on sustainable outcomes, according to Perennial Value Management. Damian Cottier ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
With material human rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... continued, the result can be a conviction call, she added. "What would happen generally is that this stock could be viewed as a high conviction stock, so we'd take a smaller position in it," she said. "We would take into account improvements based on ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Fiduiary duty and a growing regulatory environment are the top factors pushing institutional investors to adopt environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) strategies, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing ...