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Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... withdraw from lending or insuring mining projects on climate risk grounds. The big banks and regulators including APRA and ASIC are expected to be called to the parliamentary inquiry, which media reports say will be chaired by MP George Christensen ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... their portfolio holdings within 90 days of each half year. However, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has this week delayed implementation of the mandatory portfolio holdings disclosure regime until 31 December 2021. The majority ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... or not, you saw a lot of directors come out and say, okay, we'll make sure it's pro rata." Increased guidance from ASIC also helped to bring clarity around procedure, Singh added. However, questions still remain around whether companies are correctly ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... organisations, including financial institutions, civil society, academia, regulators and government, and supported by APRA and ASIC, in observer roles. "I think the process we went through to develop the roadmap, being really collaborative, really broad ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Disclosures] TCFD, the rethinking of climate risk, the recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commissions, even the findings of the 2018 ASIC review," Petersen said. "It's very much a case of how can a board improve the effectiveness of engaging with ...

Government reforms aim for increased super transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... transparency did not include mention of Portfolio Holding Disclosure. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year announced that the long-deferred deadline for the first reporting date on PHD was to be 31 December of this year. ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... won't disclose what it invests in, it sure doesn't smell right. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year announced that the long-deferred deadline for the first reporting date on PHD was to be 31 December of this ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... have been Qantas, Oil Search, Flight Centre, Southern Cross Media and Webjet. "After the changes came in, we engaged with ASIC and the ASX as well as with investment banks, proxy advisers and investment representative groups," Singh said. "Our concern ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... prudential guidance to help funds address climate change risks and step up supervisory assessments in this area. Thankfully, ASIC seems in lock step with APRA in sponsoring an industry-standard approach to measuring, managing and disclosing climate change ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Planning and running a virtual AGM is a dramatically different experience from running a live event, and company preparing for forthcoming virtual and hybrid AGMs in the next few months should draw on the experience of those companies who went through ...