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Aussie, Kiwi ministers commit to sustainable finance alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand," Herd said. "They are fundamental to hardwiring sustainability definitions into the financial system. "Work in Australia and New Zealand follows efforts in the EU, the US, Singapore, and the ASEAN to direct investment into ...

Treasury mandates APRA must consider climate risk in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... APRA to discharge its responsibilities regarding regulated entities. "Our priority is to ensure Australia's financial system remains stable and robust and that the regulator is responsive to changing economic conditions," Chalmers said. "The statement ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Monetary Policy Board and a Corporate Governance Board; the former would look at monetary policy decisions and financial system stability alone, while the latter would be focused on corporate governance. One of the recommendations explicitly considered ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... before to raise the bar on responsible investment standards and practice in our region, supporting the shift to a financial system that works for all."

Investor Group on Climate Change creates executive leadership position

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... accelerate, building on the progress they're making now. "Duncan has been an important leader in Australia's financial system, and we're thrilled to have him on board." Prior to joining ISS ESG, Paterson built the responsible investment advisory ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... acknowledged that First Nations peoples have been "prohibited and excluded from participating in the Australian financial system," and has published an Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First Nations people. ...

Podcast: Mind the (climate skills) gap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Organisation (CSIRO) Climate Science Centre to establish the current level of supply of climate skill in the Australian financial system, the demand for these skills, the barriers to increasing skills and how to support targeted upskilling. The report ...

Qualitas names Fiona Reynolds to ESG advisory board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... can bring a different perspective and knowledge. "Australia has world class banks and investment funds, a great financial system and this is what I want to be a part of." Australia should be positioning itself as a sustainable finance hub, Reynolds added. ...

Climate skills demand outstrips supply in finance: UTS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Organisation (CSIRO) Climate Science Centre to establish the current level of supply of climate skill in the Australian financial system, the demand for these skills, the barriers to increasing skills and how to support targeted upskilling. The report ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... risk impacts using two of the six internationally recognised scenarios developed by the Network for Greening the Financial System - the first represented a future with a continued increase in global emissions to 2050 and beyond. The second explored a ...