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Majority of ASX200 boards gravitate to known candidates for board positions: 30% Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Committee. This situation is compounded by "sluggish turnover" on some boards and the fact that 6.5%of boards seek outside advice, by using a search firm for succession planning, the 30% Club said. The survey also found that 77% of respondents to the ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible, small amount loans that are sustainable," Mooney said. "We are very much recording this journey and providing policy advice on how it can be done, to bust the myths around the small credit market. We've been operating Speckle in Tasmania ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... awareness. resources to raise awareness of the modern slavery reporting requirements; training for entities on how to report; advice on mapping supply chains; writing to entities that are required to report; raising public awareness about modern slavery ...

UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... As head of investment, he led the team that rebuilt the investment offer resulting in substantial growth in funds under advice. Prior to MFCo, Browning co-founded a boutique asset manager focused on global healthcare equities targeting both wholesale ...

Australian Executor Trustees launches strategic partnership, talks impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Organizations. "The idea of a strategic alliance fomented out of the fact that in Australia, we're grappling with ways to provide advice to philanthropists," said Ben Clark, head of philanthropy and social investment -AET. "We've had request from clients ...

Australian companies developing internal carbon price within the next two years: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Petersen said. "[You have] ongoing policy uncertainty around climate change action, and the TCFD and the APRA and Hutley advice. You have a different outlook now expected, and this report shows that most of the current reporters are not yet ready for ...

Less than half of ASX100 companies have exec-level technologist: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... "Having the technologists at that executive level will start driving that conversation." Hayward cited blockchain, robo-advice and machine learning as technologies that will drive disruption in the financial services sector. There are a total of 38 companies ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Development Goals," VicSuper said. The aims of the FIAP Trailblazer program align with VicSuper's existing advice and communication services, Simpson said. "That work is already in place and we' have quite a few examples now where we're working ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... want to make sustainable funds and start-ups that offer fintech products to their clients, but we don't' provide financial advice ourselves, instead we've provided it online as factual information related to sustainability so that anybody can easily ...

Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... were not outlined in the budget package, but the government said it "will settle the final details of the NHFIC following advice from the Affordable Housing Implementation Taskforce, due by mid-2017." The announcement was welcomed by the investment industry. ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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