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KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... business generally, but it's not a problem for my business." The bi-annual KPMG Fraud Survey surveyed 281 private and public sector organisations across Australia and New Zealand, and 43% said they experienced fraud. But establishing policies to address ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... criteria evaluating countries for their willingness and ability to repay debt. Ronan Walsh, VicSuper The AU$9.8bn public sector superannuation fund has developed the new benchmark in consultation with their investment adviser, Towers Watson, and with ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Initiative (GRI) guidelines can contribute to reducing reporting costs and improving reporting efficiency in Australia's public sector, according to research commissioned by GRI's Focal Point Australia. An analysis of six different pieces of public reporting ...

Using natural capital to add to risk, opportunity analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Business, government and wider society must account for and manage the value and use of natural capital to maintain a sustainable global economy. Valuing natural capital as part of an economy is a challenge because standard investment and economic measures ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... that can augment government decision making, noted Des Pearson, auditor general of the state of Victoria. "From a public sector perspective I think this form of report is really the true story," he said. ".... To me the value add is in the performance ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... representation of women on boards by 5% over 2011, with retail funds showing a smaller increase, but industry and public sector funds have shown declines in the percentage of trustee positions held by women, the BDI found. "[The index] shows that some ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... balance for women aged between 55 and 64 years was AU$53,000, compared to AU$90,000 for men in the same age group. Public sector superannuation funds have the highest proportion of women trustees - 29%, with industry superannuation funds at 21% and corporate ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... surrounding climate change, Major said. "One of the things that goes to the core of what we're looking at is that public sector often comes up with ideas and then creates structures to implement the ideas, to achieve what they think is the right outcome," ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
GESB, the AU$12bn superannuation fund for Western Australia public sector employees, will drop its MY plan - Responsible Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... bodies agreed that the standards are equally applicable to large as to medium and small entities, as well as to the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. But both said the focus should initially be on large enterprises, so as not to overwhelm ...