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Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... end of December 2020. Since inception, it has returned 17.38% net of fees and 21.73% in the last year. Zurich Financial Services Australia offers a local version of the strategy, the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by American Century Investments ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... hoc activity in the market, but rather signals the start of a coordinated plan to shift the entire Australian financial services sector to support this transition. The Australian Sustainable Finance Roadmap, an output that involved nearly two years of ...

Financial institutions at risk from bot attacks: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Illegal bot attacks are a key cybersecurity risk for the financial services industry, with nearly half of all traffic at financial services login pages being generated by bots, according to Imperva. The financial services sector is the most at-risk ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... committing to PPAs for long term supply of renewable energy, Chopra added. "This is being led by the tech sector and financial services sector making the commitments globally," he said. "Companies are then able to go back to their energy retailer, ask ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... on the climate related targets set by banks, insurers and superannuation funds. Political interventions in financial services moves on climate risk are a feature of other countries. Earlier this year, the US Department of Labor, which regulates corporate ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the FNPWG. "The application of FPIC is an important piece," Dayeh said. "We're continually improving in the financial services industry, and we have a way to go, but one example of good practice is the required assessment of FPIC implementation for major ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... implementing it are key questions. ASFI has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 recommendations to enable the financial services sector, in conjunction with regulators and governments, to "strengthen Australia's financial system with the aim ...

Best ESG super products recognised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... we've been very active on other issues." Money Magazine's Best of the Best awards names 126 winners across financial services including credit cards, term deposits, banking, loans, superannuation, insurance, investments, and online broking, as well as ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 recommendations to enable the financial services sector, in conjunction with regulators and governments, to "strengthen Australia's financial system with the aim of recovering ...

Government reforms aim for increased super transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... support of the budget announcement. The government's proposed reforms were met with questions from the financial services industry, relating to the necessity of legislative fixes, as well as the status of other regulatory initiatives that are tipped ...