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Video: Aligning Your Investments with the Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report This expert panel of investors and fund managers considered the ways in which the financial services industry can capital towards companies and projects that provide solutions to major social and environmental challenges. Research ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... responsible and ethical investment and retirement products is a challenge and an opportunity for the financial services industry, the key theme of the upcoming Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual RI Australia conference. The ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... a 2 degree/1.5 degree world and should be the source of continuing motivation for all parts of the financial services industry in Australia and globally. "Banks, insurers, super funds, and MNCs are all wanting to express something and articulate something ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... situation of high upside return for low downside risk for breaches. That's a thematic issue for the financial services industry as a whole." Carlsson-Sweeny pointed to debt collection as one area of potential incentivisation of conduct risk. "Specifically ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... unions have played a role in this area in the education/training and government sectors, but in the financial services industry, more informal relations have also proved successful, he said. "There's a variety and not a one size fits all scenario," he ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... shared value strategies are aligning their social programs with their core business - Steel cited the financial services industry and a focus on promoting financial literacy, or insurance companies that are developing disaster resiliency programs. "There ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... building, but is a positive development for Queensland, said Belinda Drew, chief executive officer of the Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA). "There's a lot of work to do to get the community services industry properly positioned to take advantage ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Benchmarking Group for investing 4.55% of pre-tax profits in community programs, which is 12.6 times the financial services industry average in Australia and New Zealand. "There is a growing tide of socially aware consumers who are sending a strong message ...

Impact Investing Australia hires Daniel Madhavan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... operating officer and most recently, acting CEO. "Daniel has an impressive record as a leader in the financial services industry, coupled with a strong understanding of how capital can be used harness positive social outcomes," said Rosemary Addis, chair ...

Global Alliance for Banking on Values to meet in Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and Australian financial services industry bodies to introduce them to the alliance and their concepts of social and sustainable banking, Walsh said. "Globally ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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