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UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... and international studies have repeatedly confirmed the positive impact of Board gender diversity, not only on the financials but also the internal culture of an organisation," said Non-executive Director Gayle Wilson. "To this end, UCA Funds Management ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... research], so retail shareholders are lagging. They have a general sense, but they wouldn't really, they focus on the financials and they focus on remuneration." Pauline Vamos, CEO of Regnan, notes that while many investors conduct what the call engagement ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... basic needs themes," said Morgan Ellis, senior associate, ESG Research, MSCI. "The two largest sectors [in Australia] - financials and materials - did not contribute materially despite making up 59% [of the ASX]." The SDGs apply to all countries, which ...

Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... 2016,CDP noted that Bank of Queensland, Glenworth Mortgage Insurance, Flexigroup and IOOF Holdings (among others in the financials industry sector) did not respond to requests to provide information. CDP provided The Sustainability Report with the following ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... attributed to the fact that the Australian companies in the MSCI World Index skew towards to sectors - materials and financials, accounting for 59% of the Australian peer set revenue. Those two industry sectors have "among the lowest sustainable impact ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... governance measure almost coalesce, in the sense of, when you think of long-termism, you obviously need to have strong financials, but one of the risks thru time is the principal/agent risk - is the management actually going to act in the best interests ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... different companies. Blockchain from our perspective, I was looking specifically at the impact on a few diversified financials, and ASX just because of its public investment in DAH. ASX is grabbing the technology by the horns, researching the potential ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... said. "I think one of the challenges in the Australia context is that the market is concentrated towards diversified financials and also the mining space. Bearing in mind also that a dozen stocks make up, in terms of market cap, a significant proportion ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA). When evaluating the proposal from Horizon Housing, SVA ran not only the financials but also studied the potential social benefits as well, said Mark Peacock, director, impact investing at Social Ventures Australia. ...

AMP Capital hire Kristen Le Mesurier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Research Team. Ian Woods, AMP Capital Investors Le Mesurier joins from APP Securities where she was associate director, financials on the firm's on the institutional desk, advising large institutions on banks, insurers and diversified financials. Prior ...