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Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle called climate change "a first-order risk for the financial system", with broad-ranging impacts on Australia. Debelle also warned while there has only been "isolated examples" of divestment from ...

Merlon Capital hires sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... team. Prior to working at TransGrid, she held roles at Deloitte Access Economics, the Australian Tax Office and the Reserve Bank of Australia. She holds a B. Applied Finance / B. Economics from Macquarie University and was a Macquarie University Merit ...

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 ...