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Six Australian companies get gold in RobecoSAM yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... This year, twenty three Australian companies were assessed in the yearbook. Qantas Airways, Stockland, Tabcorp, Westpac Banking, ANZ Bank, and National Australia Bank all received gold medals. RobecoSAM noted that 2'126 companies from 42 countries were ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... bonds, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) coming in third. Meanwhile, Agricultural Bank of China and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. underwrote their first green bonds during the fourth quarter. Overall for 2015, BAML underwrote the most green bond ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... at their AGM, while Money3 provided written answers. Walsh noted in his letter to Money3 that Westpac has withdrawn its banking and lending services to Money3. Walsh posed four questions to Money3's auditors, BDO : What matters were considered by the ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Attorney General's Department and CEO of the City of Melbourne. Her private sector experience includes eight years at the ANZ Banking Group, and roles at BP Australia and BP International. "I am honoured to chair the AICD in a significant period in its ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... companies, including Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited and was previously deputy company secretary for ANZ Banking Group and prior to that, head of board support for Barclays PLC in the United Kingdom. He has also held other official roles ...

Women, generational change coming to ASX boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the career backgrounds of people who are taking up non-executive director roles." Of the new board appointees in 2014, banking and finance were the most common background for directors - 14 appointments to ASX100 boards, ACSI Said. Chief executive roles ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... bonds and green bonds comes in concert with the diversification the issuer base, as corporate bonds join the multilateral banking issuance Fowler said. "The early stage of this market were characterised by issuers who were sort of beyond reproach in ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) has named Westpac Banking Group and Stockland as industry group leaders in the 2015 indices review. DJSI has also added BHP Billiton as one of the three largest addition to the indices by market capitalisation. ...

Companies exposed to anti-bribery, corruption compliance risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the South American continent, 61 in South Africa, 41 in the UK, and 31 in Mexico. Industries were widely represented: banking comprised 20%, life sciences 12%, manufacturing 10% and energy and natural resources 8%. See Also: KPMG Australia buys Banarra ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... systemic risk, and ESG integration." The Sustainability Report understands that the firm has recently signed up global banking giant UBS as an advisory practice client. Regnan launched in 2007, having previously operated as the BT Governance Advisory ...