Search Results

Showing 11 - 20 of 91 results for "payments"

Mind the gap: Women in ESG may earn more than broader finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... of the challenges is that a lot of sectors are still male-dominated, particularly those that are offering additional payments in the form of bonuses," Evans said. "Bonuses also are more prevalent, and a higher proportion of the total package in higher ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... chief executive Cassandra Goldie said. "Sadly, it was a story of two steps forward, and two steps back when the increased payments were withdrawn, and income inequality returned to close to pre-pandemic levels." Left unchecked, growing wealth inequality ...

Climate: debt rise, credit falls for 59 nations as early as 2030

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... downgrades on the cost of corporate and sovereign debt were also calculated. Climate change could increase the annual interest payments on sovereign debt by US$45-$67 billion under RCP 2.6. Sovereign debt rose to US$135-$203 billion under RCP 8.5 - an ...

KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... could lead to considerable net budgetary savings. Additional savings could also emerge from a reduction of Age Pension payments due to increased superannuation balances for carers. Based on the 2023-24 budget papers, the initial annual cost of adding ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... that found that while 60% would participate in the scheme, just 16% supported the use of biodiversity offsets to drive payments to farmers. Fifty-four percent opposed offsets and 30% were not sure. The Nature Repair Market Bill passed the House of Representatives ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... misses a payment or defaults. It is designed to help provide investors with ongoing protection against borrower late payments or loan defaults. Terence Jeyaretnam, EY APAC leader and partner in the climate change and sustainability services team, said ...

Defining financial, wellbeing impacts in housing: Kayne Anderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... as well. Nunnink noted that less than 10% of the 44 million renters in the U.S. benefit from having their on-time rent payments reported to the credit bureaus. In the U.S., credit scores are widely utilized - to determine access to credit, interest rates ...

Financial inclusion as risk and opportunity: Principal Financial Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... terms of benefits packages for employees, including insurance, pensions, training. How people advance in terms of digital payments and how many people have access to bank accounts. You need to go more granular in terms of a countries perspective to understand ...

Climate change a macro trend, driving secular themes: J. P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... underprice a number of technology themes such as the adoption of cloud computing, digital transformation and electronic payments. "Meanwhile, we see a number of themes related to the growth of the middle class consumer in emerging markets, such as the ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... management of ESG issues such as breaching human rights principles, unnecessary pollution or avoiding a fair share of tax payments. Alphinity uses ESG research provider, MSCI for their ESG ratings. Alphinity also uses a Sustainable Compliance Committee ...