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APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... created role of head of climate risk. The head of climate risk will "form and lead a team responsible for providing expert advice in the area of climate risk," and "play a lead role in ensuring regulated entities manage the financial risks of a changing ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm JANA has entered the retail market and will provide managed account services to financial advice and private wealth practices, with an eye to providing services around ESG investing in future. Michael Karagianis, JANA senior ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... stranded and think that they're going to come back when we need them." FairSupply, a provider of risk classification advice for organisations with Modern Slavery Act compliance obligations, notes that there is a relationship between modern slavery ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment Association RIAA (RIAA). Alexandra Brown, founder, Invest with Ethics RIAA held a virtual conference session covering advice in the new era of FASEA. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's (FASEA) Code of Ethics, which ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... respondents said they planned to issue more green bonds, while 15% said they would reopen their current bond. "The survey advice from multiple treasurers to simply 'do it' on green issuance is a message to be taken up by sovereigns in their recovery ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... appropriate precautions that may include limiting or refusing entry in order to comply with expert health and government advice," and is encouraging shareholders to "use the range of digital options available to participate in the AGM and not attend ...

Forum360 highlights case for virtual shopping for fund managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... and CEO, said. "This includes a call to action, a call to stakeholders to invest. We are not in the biz of giving people advice, nor are we manufacturing product, we are facilitating the communications aspect as well as increasing the intimacy and the ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... should be industry-led and that's what we're starting to see." The taskforce flagged that the final report will focus on advice and support to increase outcomes-based contracting, which is a popular structure for social impact deals. Existing social ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... companies, where maybe it's a little more difficult for the larger exchanges to handle them in terms of efficiency and advice. When companies grow, and enter a stable phase, they may grow up to list on the larger exchanges, or on the other hand, if we ...

S&P Global to acquire ESG ratings business from RobecoSAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Index (DJSI). Robeco and RobecoSAM will continue to use the CSA data for use in investment strategies and will provide advice on the CSA Methodology, S&P Global said. "Through this acquisition, S&P Global is bringing an additional layer of critical insight ...