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Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... non-executive director. Greenhill has more than 18 years' experience in assurance and advisory services in the financial services industry. She is a former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has worked in both Australia and the UK. Greenhill has ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
A new industry organisation aimed at ensuring that women reach executive positions in the financial services sector has claimed that quotas are not necessary to increasing the diversity of senior management. Judith Beck Financial Executive Women (FEW) ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... monitoring system, using analytics in the organisation to see where the risk lies." According to KPMG's survey, the financial services sector was the hardest hit, suffering $322 million in fraud losses in the past two years. Nevertheless, the large banks ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Robinson has worked for over 15 years in professional services and business consulting, with specialism in the financial services and sustainability industries, ASrIA said. According to Robinson's LinkedIn profile, she has previously worked as a director ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... has presented its responsible practices as part of its wider strategy to position itself as a super-regional financial services provider in Asia-Pacific, and against the backdrop of underlying profits of AU$6.01bn in 2012, up 6% on 2011. ANZ noted that ...

Duncan Paterson steps down as RIAA board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and as a member of the managed funds and superannuation advisory group of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia).

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... doesn't go far. That's a compounding factor, which I think is very interesting as well." Doyle noted that the financial services sector had developed programs to address financial exclusion and financial literacy. "The financial services sector has played ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... frequent, extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change, with the electricity, road and rail and financial services sector underprepared, according to a report from The Climate Institute. The Climate Institute cites modelling in the 2008 ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... been on the radar of participants in the proxy voting cycle for years. In 2007, a roundtable organised by the Financial Services Council (FSC), then known as the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA), proposed steps that would ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... assessments for 11 sustainability reports put out by eight companies between 2010 and 2012 in the mining, energy and financial services industries. Although the review focused on the mining, energy and financial services industries, there are lessons ...