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Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... conservatively estimated at about 14,300 of a global total, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, of an estimated 45.8 million people. Although these numbers are relatively small each case represents misery personified. We hear about the cases ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... access to TruValue Labs' ESG signals, which are based on SASB's materiality framework. "What we at State Street get are people who are looking at understanding the data and how to analyse unstructured sources of data quickly," said Dan Gerard, head of ...

APRA hires lead for new team that will consider cyber-security risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... "The financial companies seem more focused on it than ever before," she said. "I think that's because there's a lot of people involved in those business,a lot of sensitive data, a lot of dollars involved, and I think we see issues of trust and conduct ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... "As a result of that, we really need to... bring more humanity to leadership, because that's what we are and we expect people to understand social issues in business and understand environmental issues and have a view and have an opinion... I think the ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... approach on the industry, Lukomnik said. "We are not seeking standardisation in how ESG is integrated or used, but in seeing people talking the same language," he said. "That's the goal here - whether or not people start using the terms is less important... ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens Good Money stores in Gold Coast, Cairns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... with an interest rate of 3.99%, which are administered by NAB, AddsUP, a matched savings plan of up to $500 offered to people who have successfully repaid a NILS or StepUP loan, and simple car and contents insurance with flexible payment options. "The ...

Morphic Ethical Equities Fund has exceeded minimum target for IPO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... and Lowenstein, who is investing $550,000. MEC's IPO maximum is $275 million, Lowenstein said. "What happens is that once people know that you've reached the minimum, there's a tidal wave [of further investment] that follows," Lowenstein said. "People ...

CEFC appoints Ian Learmonth as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Committee for the past nine months. "The CEFC has come a very long way over its first five years -there are now 80 people working people at the organisation, and there have been more than $3.3 billion in cumulative commitments since it began," ...

AMP Capital on value of non-financial performance measures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... satisfaction, employee engagement, safety - and then wherever we can to find out about what companies are doing to develop their people - we've spoken about this a lot - because people drive the value of a company. It's not the hard assets, but how they ...

Number of culturally diverse women ASX leaders "extremely low": DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Department of Accounting, Deakin University. The researchers found that, based on 2015 statistics, if ASX directors were 100 people, approximately 2 would be culturally diverse women, 6 would be Anglo-Celtic women, 28 would be culturally diverse men ...