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Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure for finance and corporate sectors to move in the right direction and measure progress. The group of central banks and finance sector regulators under the Network for Greening the Financial Sector stepped up the clarity on their commitment ...

Top 100 asset owners "hold keys" to net zero: Willis Towers Watson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and RBA issued a joint statement as members of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a group of central banks and supervisors who share practices and contribute to the development of environment and climate risk management in the financial ...

RBA, APRA outline COP26 commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... issued a joint statement at COP26 as members of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), a group of central banks and supervisors who share practices and contribute to the development of environment and climate risk management in the financial ...

"War for talent": ESG professionals in high demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment and ESG roles across the market," Gvalda said. "Definitely across funds management, super, consulting, banks, asset consultants - they're all vying for talent at the moment, and even in the broader industry as well, which is ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... "Ramsay Cares" sustainability strategy - Caring for People, Caring for Planet and Caring for Community. NAB was one of the and banks who participated in the syndicated loan. "If we look at the example from sustainability linked-loan space, where we identify ...

Actuaries Institute challenges boards on skills gaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Board recruitment should recognise the special needs of banks and insurance companies, according to the paper, The Special Needs of Financial Services Boards. The paper is co-written by Barry Rafe, a former Actuaries Institute president, and Ian Laughlin ...

Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) currently being undertaken by APRA with the voluntary participation of the five largest Australian banks. "Our expectation is that this exercise will provide useful data and methodology for other Australian financial institutions ...

Property manager announces further $500m SLL

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... accomplished, a higher interest rate kicks in. Earlier this year, ISPT announced it had completed an SLL transaction with six banks to convert the ISPT Core Fund's bank facilities to an SLL, worth a total of $2.8 billion. "ISPT has an established ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investors were surveyed as part of the sample, with from corporate and public pension plans, insurance companies, private banks, endowments and foundations, collectively responsible for $26.8 trillion in assets. The research found 51% of investors in ...

Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... capturing stable, recurring, and lucrative fees," Hicks said. "In Australia, we are actually seeing the opposite. Australian banks had previously acquired wealth managers, but found it to be an unaligned cultural fit and hard to manage regulation with ...