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ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Company boards and directors are "challenged by important elements of non-financial risk management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... said. "The Dialogue series is a thought leadership piece. It doesn't recommend policy, but it aims to offer a financial risk view feeding into policy. Some of the takeaways from this report are that there is this interaction. You can't look at ...

MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... partnerships with leading academic and research institutions around the world to advance the use of climate science for financial risk analysis," MSCI said. "Carbon Delta has aimed to create the best climate change scenario analytics for financial institutions," ...

Man Group launches proprietary ESG analytics tool for portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
Man Group has launched a proprietary dashboard-style analytics tool for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Rob Furdak, co-chief investment officer, Man Numeric Man Group ESG Analytics will permit the fund manager's investment teams ...

AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... prudent board would at least have regard in framing a governance strategic risk-based approach to what is now a financial risk." The AASB and AuASB statements join statements by regulators, the ASX, and the federal Senate Standing Committee on Economies ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... at ISF and co-author of the report. "It boiled down to three different elements of risk.... Obviously, there was financial risk, whether there was vulnerability to regulatory issues, present or emerging, and a reputational risk side of it as well. That ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... highly material topics. "I think it's emblematic of what's going on around corporates in terms of re-defining non-financial risk," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of BCSD Australia. "We see the same pattern of behaviour around climate risk - a re-emergence ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
A lawsuit against ExxonMobil by the New York state attorney general for allegedly misleading investors of the risks that climate change regulations posed to its business should be a warning sign for Australian directors. Sarah Barker, special counsel ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... CEO of S&P Global. "Companies and institutional investors increasingly see ESG factors as fundamental to managing financial risk and performance and are demanding innovative data, analytics and benchmarks to make decisions with conviction. We are steadfast ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Future Business Generation has called on the superannuation industry to provide more sophistication in climate risk assessment and management, on behalf of Millennials that will retire in the post-2030 world. Oshadee Siyaguna, committee member of Future ...