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Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Commission as well as the newly introduce FASEA Code of Ethics, but in the immediate aftermath of claims by AUSTRAC that Westpac committed 23 million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act, a talk on the subject became ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Two months ago, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices rated Westpac Australia's most sustainable bank, and the 9th most sustainable bank in the world for its 2019 index series. Rachel Alembakis, editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Westpac shareholders are considering whether to vote against the remuneration report at the December 12 AGM, and if a second strike is recorded, if a complete board spill is the right solution to governance failing. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Market Forces has lodged shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB and ANZ, calling on the banks to reduce lending and exposure to fossil fuel companies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change. Climate-related resolutions ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets working groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Group, co-chair this group. The coordinating working group is co-chaired by Michael Chen, head of sustainable finance, Westpac, and Ramana James, executive general manager safer communities IAG. Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Technical Working ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... developed by CWP Renewables and Partners Group, with the CEFC participating in a $113 million senior debt facility alongside Westpac and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. The wind farm has a partial energy offtake agreement with Meridian Energy Australia ...

Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... offerings. The GEI includes 104 companies in 24 countries and regions and is sector-neutral. Among the 104 companies are Westpac, ANZ Bank, National Australia Bank, QBE Insurance Group, Fortescue Metals, and Bank of Queensland. "We commend the 104 companies ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... than 13-years' experience in the financial services industry and previously worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, BT, IOOF, and most recently ING Bank in banking and business development roles. She will be responsible for managing adviser ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... BaptistCare, Commonwealth Bank, EnergyAustralia, HESTA, NAB, the Queensland state government, Suncorp, Swinburne University, and Westpac. Since then, the trailblazer group has grown to 30. "We've been working on financial literacy, inclusion and empowerment- ...