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Governance Institute taps former ASFA CEO for role as chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Interaction Disability Services and Moneytech Group. She has More than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry, including as a senior regulator with ASIC. She has also been the CEO of Regnan, a research and engagement provider focused ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Committee, which has led this ambitious, industry-based collaboration on a blueprint for aligning the financial services industry with key sustainability goals for the decade ahead," outgoing ASFI Co-chair Simon O'Connor said. The existing co-chairs ...

Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The global financial services industry faces $600 billion in climate change risks with widespread implications for banks across credit risk, market risk and operational risk, according to research from by Accenture. According to the climate disclosures ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... understood and is open to interpretation, which is increasingly becoming problematic. While Australia's financial services industry is arguably one of the most highly regulated in the world when it comes to consumer protection and financial advice ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... scandals and the impact of the Hayne Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. The reports focus on Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, South Korea, Mainland China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India. ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... region for the last seven years. Prior to S&P Global, Orro spent almost 10 years in the Australian financial services industry in institutional banking and wealth management. "Martin and Jo add significant financial market expertise and strong knowledge ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
The financial services industry faces broad exposures to modern slavery and broader human rights risks due to its links to all industries around the world, requiring institutions to take a rigorous and systematic approach to assessing risks, according ...

Financial institutions at risk from bot attacks: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Illegal bot attacks are a key cybersecurity risk for the financial services industry, with nearly half of all traffic at financial services login pages being generated by bots, according to Imperva. The financial services sector is the most at-risk ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... FNPWG. "The application of FPIC is an important piece," Dayeh said. "We're continually improving in the financial services industry, and we have a way to go, but one example of good practice is the required assessment of FPIC implementation for major ...

Government reforms aim for increased super transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... of the budget announcement. The government's proposed reforms were met with questions from the financial services industry, relating to the necessity of legislative fixes, as well as the status of other regulatory initiatives that are tipped to increase ...