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ASX200 hits 30% target for women on boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 30% of ASX200 board positions for the first time, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In April 2015, AICD set a voluntary target for 30% of board seats to be filled by women by the end of 2018. At the ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... partner of Energy Transition Advisors (ETA), outlined the assumptions underpinning the forecast and what it means for the Australian financial sector. There are few signals that governments will act forcefully on climate change in the next 2 years, Fulton ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) has homed in on six critical challenges that the financial services sector must address. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA ASFI is a collaborative initiative supported by insurers, superannuation funds, investment ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "imprudent" for directors and executives to believe they were safe from legal challenges. "It would be imprudent for any Australian director to look at the Exxon judgement as providing cover for avoiding disclosures on climate related financial risks," ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... investment activity (up from 44% in 2016), highlighting how responsible investing is increasingly being embedded within Australian investment markets. "There has been a big step up in reporting around responsible investment from the super funds," O'Connor ...

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 ...

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 ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... has an entire page dedicated to its positive ratings and recommendations around sustainability perfomance. Even the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), which was instrumental in communicating to Westpac that their initial response ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... report, it will trigger a potential spill of the rest of the board. Under two-strikes legislation, shareholders in Australian publicly listed companies have the right to remove directors if a company's remuneration report has received a 'no' vote of ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... five transactions sicne 2016. flexigroup noted that the Flexi ABS Trust 2019-2 transaction is another first for the Australian securitisation market - green tranches of notes will be offered across all ratings levels from 'AAA' down to 'BB'. As with ...