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Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... products will enable financial advisers to communicate more clearly with customers and avoid any doubt. Increased transparency on ESG screens will also force advisers to consider customer needs properly and not simply guess what the customer wants. Worryingly ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... implementation of a new reporting and assessment framework designed to improve accountability to the PRI, signatory transparency and signatory assessment. "When reporting was created, one of the things we wanted was it for it to be used such that asset ...

ASX in running to develop Australian carbon exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... ASX spokesperson told FS Sustainability. "An exchange-traded market provides many benefits, including open access, transparency and liquidity. It can also provide robust price signals to support investment in carbon abatement activities. And clearing ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Only 19% of ASX200 boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces ...

Fiona Reynolds to step down from PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... implementation of a new reporting and assessment framework designed to improve accountability to the PRI, signatory transparency and signatory assessment. "In Fiona's tenure as CEO of the PRI, she has led the growth in scope and reach of the organisation ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... important role in facilitating capital flows to finance decarbonisation and transition efforts. Exchanges also provide transparency, price discovery and liquidity. Governments and public sector organisations can further catalyse and accelerate some of ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... advisory resolutions can be a useful tool for assessing shareholder support while allowing for more robust targets and transparency in how companies approach how they will adapt to and mitigate climate change impacts. "Say on climate is ultimately a ...

Modern slavery, Indigenous heritage, climate change top agenda: Paradice IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... change as key topics of engagement across the funds and teams. Paradice gathers information from sources including Transparency International and US Customs and Border Protection, among other sources, and overlays that data to the funds' geographic exposures ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... ratings help advisers to see at a glance which investment and super funds are providing stronger screens and more transparency around holdings, voting and engagement," she says. "Open discussions like this are another way an adviser can involve their ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability and resource efficiency, equitable societies and respect for human rights, and accountable governance and transparency. The Australian share portfolio is based on the ASX 300 index, while the international share portfolio is based on the ...