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CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... the direction of greening the capital system. NGFS in April this year published its first comprehensive report. The Reserve Bank of Australia is a member of NGFS. "There is increasing recognition by central banks of the growing structural and systemic ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has encouraged regulated entities to perform climate-related stress testing and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has also called upon business to integrate climate risk into their business strategy. "My comment ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... academia, business, government and the financial system. He has worked as an economist for the Australian Treasury, the Reserve Bank, the International Monetary Fund and as an advisor to two successive Federal Treasurers and the Prime Minister. He also ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... the network to meet that demand." Mooney has called upon all of the big banks to provide that loan pool and on the Reserve Bank of Australia to provide the operational funding for an expanded microlending program. "The banks owned by people with a 9-18 ...

CCA final report reveals future policy shock for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... policy uncertainty for investors, according to the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). The CCA, chaired by former Reserve Bank Governor Bernie Fraser with a board comprised of former industrialists and active climate scientists, released its final ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance welcomes inquiry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Microfinance chief executive. "What we see a significant opportunity for investments, up front, by the government, the Reserve Bank of Australia or the banks themselves in investing directly in community finance," Mooney said. "There is tremendous opportunity ...

CEFC Chair Jillian Broadbent to quit as member of ASX board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... financial market structure and regulation." Ridout recently joined ClimateWorks Australia's board of directors. She is a Reserve Bank of Australia board member, a director of AustralianSuper and Sims Metal Management and recently retired as chief executive ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... senator from 1981 to 2006, and was Australia's ambassador to the United Nations from 2006Ââ€2009. Ridout is a Reserve Bank of Australia board member and recently retired as chief executive of the Australian Industry Group. She is also a member ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Carapiet, Ian Moore, Anna Skarbek and Andrew Stock also named to the CEFC board. Broadbent, a member of the board of the Reserve Bank, chaired the CEFC expert review panel. Carapiet comes to the CEFC after a 22-year career at Macquarie Bank, where he ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... future," according to the report. The expert review panel was chaired by Jillian Broadbent, a board member of the Reserve Bank. Broadbent was joined by David Paradice, founder of Paradice Investment Management, and Ian Moore, who has worked predominately ...