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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. ...

Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sydney), funded by $1.4 million raised form retail and community investors. "The grant allowed us to access professional advice that was really needed as we went trough the share offer process," said Andy Cavanagh-Downs, director at SRPC. "The process ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison, hailed the remarks by Summerhayes. "APRA's stated position reflects the advice we have been providing to our APRA-regulated clients in recent years that the material financial risks and opportunities associated ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... seeing is that so many of the big organisations are visibly positioning themselves to have the skills and products and advice to offer in the responsible investment space.... That will continue to self-perpetuate. We're keen to play a role in that. We ...

Escala Partners choose Ownership Matters to provide proxy advisory research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... and proxy advisory services because they believe it is a separate discipline from environmental and social research and advice, Roux said. "There is a strong case to be made that environmental and sustainability, while not uncorrelated with governance ...