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ASX200 CEO pay drops to lowest levels in more than decade: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... decade ago, in the shadows of the Global Financial Crisis, executives were being rewarded with bonuses and termination payments which were in direct contrast to the negative financial outcomes many companies were delivering to shareholders. "Since then ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... by Afterpay, BrightePay, Humm, Openpay, Payright and Zip Pay. The review found that one in five consumers are missing payments. In the 2018-19 financial year, missed payment fee revenue for all BNPL providers in the review totalled over $43 million ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... that meet specific ESG criteria and have followed a managed-dividends policy for a specified number of years. "Dividend payments are often viewed as an important barometer of companies' financial health and outlooks," says Aye Soe, global head of product ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies are "falling behind key transparency measures" on disclosing payments to governments in countries in which they operate, according to new research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Prudential Regulatory Authority in the United Kingdom, which "put pressure on banks and other companies to suspend dividend payments." The paper noted that the dividend future market is anticipating a 60% cut in dividend for European listed Companies ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... main, and they have to keep customers and employees safe. They are also implementing policies to assist customers with payments because people have lost jobs, there are people in hardship and in vulnerable positions, and they have donated to charities ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... cash payment at closing of approximately EUR 55 million (subject to certain potential adjustments) and additional cash payments in 2021 and 2022 based on a multiple of Sustainalytics' 2020 and 2021 fiscal year revenues. Based on the upfront consideration ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... longer-term trends already occurring in theses spaces - including further digitisation of the global economy and electronic payments." The fund focuses on long-term megatrends such as reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability and is benchmarked ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... intensive focus on healthcare, particularly digital health, and those will be important areas going forward. Add to that the payments and financial infrastructure, which are areas that we have been focused on and invested in across a number of geographies ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... fund transfers over five years. The statement of claim also alleges 12 customers who made large numbers of low value payments consistent with the purchase of child exploitation material going back to 2013, in South East Asia and the Philippines. The ...