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Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... family, corporate malfeasance cases like the collapse of Enron, and Clare W. Graves The Never Ending Quest. He plotted ethical behaviour on an axis of motivation and ease. "When human motivation is nice and high, we're going to do stuff," Hale said. ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Australian banks aren't even unique at a global level - a 2017 report by Vigeo Eiris examined the responsible and ethical culture in banking and finance around the world. The report examined 52 diversified banks - Europe (31 companies), North America ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is raising questions about the ethical implications of restricting the rights of businesses and individuals to "advocate for positive societal change and environmentally friendly business practices," in the wake of a recent ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... implementation." In addition to fiduciary duty and regulation, the next most popular considerations were requirements for ethical and social responsibility on behalf of cioents, and a desire to mitigate ESG-related risks. Primary drivers of adoption ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... made by superannuation funds as examples. "Large superannuation funds are dictating where they want to invest, listing ethical, environmental and governance standards as driving their investment choices," she said. "At Capgemini, we look at it from a ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... managing director of Morphosis. Digital technology is increasingly being linked to the human right such as privacy, but the ethical, legal and practical questions over the intersection of privacy in the age of digitalisation is occurring in the backdrop ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... forests and bushland." Investors are taking deforestation risks into consideration when making investments. Australian Ethical Investments' Ethical Charter directs the fund manager to 'investments that support the development of sustainable land use ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... the setting aside up to $10 billion in provisions, but Sustainalytics pointed out that many continue to struggle with ethical lapses. However, Colombo said that Australian banks perform in line with global counterparts. "The performance of the Australian ...

Millennials prioritise long term returns, fees in investment funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Australian millennials place greatest emphasis on long term returns and fees over ethical funds, causes and products when choosing investment funds, according to a survey by Calastone. Ross Fox, Calastone managing director Australia and New Zealand ...

Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... "Pricing is a perennial issue we face," he said. "Previously, when green bonds came to market, they would be targeted to Ethical and ESG fuds. They're a fairly small market. They're important, but they're a small part. We're not going to get the level ...