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QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Zurich, Allianz and AXA also score well. The scorecard also turns the spotlight on insurance brokers - companies that arrange risk cover for customers -highlighting the role that Aon, Marsh, Willis Towers Watson, and Arthur J. Gallagher play in supporting ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... The scandal has seen CEO Brian Hartzer resign, Chairman Lindsay Maxsted announce he will retire from his role early, and risk and compliance committee chairman Ewen Crouch will depart at the 12 December AGM. The company is facing a second strike against ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Asia. Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has resigned, Chairman Lindsay Maxsted has announced he will retire from his role early, and risk and compliance committee chairman Ewen Crouch will depart at the 12 December AGM. The company is facing a second strike ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... reduction, clean water and those types of things.... "We're careful to not invest in things where we think there's reputational risk, and we avoid industries where there's ongoing decline." Since inception in February 2018, the trust has delivered a ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... 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 for major brands around the world. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... mitigate ESG-related risks. Primary drivers of adoption in the APAC region include mitigation of ESG risks at 47%, fiduciary risk at 38% and pressure from beneficiaries at 37%, SSGA said. "The research results confirm what we're hearing from our clients," ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) focal issues driven by digitalisation in real estate and cities representing both opportunities and risk. Carter noted that digitalisation sits alongside of other trends such as urbanisation, globalisation, climate change, and resource ...

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Indices, and so forth means that people recognise strong sustainability performance as an indicator of good governance, good risk management, and good financial performance," said Phil Cowling, Cromwell Property Group chief sustainability officer. "The ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... the buck out of that manager." By combining the portfolio approaches of the underlying managers, GEFF seeks to improve the risk profile and diversification benefits as well as investment return, Gray added. The ESG integration is both top-down and bottom-up ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
This article first appeared on sister site Industry Moves Rade Muslin is a climate risk expert from the US who has worked with governments, businesses, and the farm industries to address the risks that come from extreme ecological events. He shares ...