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Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... AGM "with a range of appropriate precautions that may include limiting or refusing entry in order to comply with expert health and government advice," and is encouraging shareholders to "use the range of digital options available to participate in the ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies with stronger performance on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations appear to be performing more strongly in the abrupt downturn of financial markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement in the overall finance industry.... We are pausing for this crisis, and the big priority just now is looking at the health of our people. We are resilient, we are engaged in a big way in business, and we will return with new ideas. Our values ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... post-crisis. Matthew Bell, EY Asia Pacific climate change and sustainability leader Companies are making decisions to protect health and wellbeing within operations and in their supply chain as well as shore up stability. "This is the real test for corporations ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... issues to this summer's bushfire emergency, and suggested that the current coronavirus pandemic could lead to concerns over health-related issues. "Consumer expectations and norms are shifting," O'Connor said. "There is an upswing connecting bushfires ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... be thinking about what needs to happen, but the better practice is to pause and focus on people first, because this is a health crisis," said Juliet Bourke, partner in human capital at Deloitte Australia. "People are affected at an individual level ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... are all that much more important, given that we have a particularly 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 ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... certified products." All new retail mortgage and deposit products sold via the banks' four brands Firefighters - Mutual Bank, Health Professionals Bank, Teachers Mutual Bank, and UniBank - are Certified Responsible Investment. All wholesale sector funding ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... of the hole in the ozone layer stopped and is very slowly improving. Governments coordinated their actions. The cost to health and the environment outweighed the cost of having to replace machinery that relied on CFCs. It has similarly taken a long time ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
The Impact Investment Group (IIG) has announced two major tenants for its Younghusband Woolstores development in Kensington, Victoria. Rendering of Younghusband Woolstores development (Image provided by Impact Investment Group) The Federal Government ...