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ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... corporate scandals and the impact of the Hayne Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The reports focus on Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability teams, with one expert saying demand is high for ESG specialists. Hiring for ESG professionals in financial services is "booming," said Simon Gvalda, senior recruitment consultant at Kaizen Recruitment. "There has been a lot of demand ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Pacific region for the last seven years. Prior to S&P Global, Orro spent almost 10 years in the Australian financial services industry in institutional banking and wealth management. "Martin and Jo add significant financial market expertise and strong ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... highlighted the fund's investment process and pointed to investments such as a 25-year holding in Indian financial services and banking company HDFC. HDFC provides a variety of financial services to people who are buying first time houses, or entering ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... climate change and finance and her appointment will help us continue to build our team and expertise in the financial services segment," Dabbs says. Herd spoke at FS Sustainability 's digital roundtable on the future of sustainable investment late ...

Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable development investment themes. Digitalisation impacts every part of the economy. Whether you look at financial services, transportation, consumer goods, financial services, cleaner energy, they're all taking digitalisation and becoming more ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
As companies in the financial services sector grapple with increasing diversity within their ranks as much as they focus on diversity in their invested companies, one global fund manager speaks to the steps it is taking to enhance their approach to ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... as a tool to accomplish that, particularly through bolt-on acquisitions, Larocca said. Executives pointed to financial services technology and peer to peer utilities as areas of heightened activities. This also goes to the thinking about technological ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
The financial services industry faces broad exposures to modern slavery and broader human rights risks due to its links to all industries around the world, requiring institutions to take a rigorous and systematic approach to assessing risks, according ...

Majority of CFOs see ESG's importance to business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... factored into CFO's planning and decision making differs slightly by industry. More than half - 54% of CFOs in financial services factor in ESG most or all of the time, compared with 43% of CFOs in property, construction and engineering, and 30% in energy ...