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Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... decade at McKinsey & Company from 1989 to 1999, where she became a partner in 1996. Watkins is also a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board, a board member of the Business Council of Australia, a non-executive director of the Centre for Independent ...

Post-COVID economic recovery "once in a generation opportunity"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... was stagnant, our labour force was casualising in the gig economy and inflation was stubbornly stalled below the Reserve Bank's target range," Stewart said. "At the same time the cost of living for Australians continued to swell, driven by factors such ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... various roles including Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Investment Officer. Rider's career started with the Reserve Bank of Australia where he spent 10 years in various roles, including economist and head of economic activity and forecasting. Rider ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... However, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the ASX Corporate Governance Outlines and the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and Auditing & Assurance ...

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 ...