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DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... code of conduct. This week the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute and its local member chapter, CFA Society Australia, launched the Australian version of the DEI Code for the Investment Profession, or the DEI Code, in Australia. The code is ...

Aussie female fund manager representation lags: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5%, the latest Alpha Female Report finds. Citywire's annual analysis, which tracks the progress of gender parity in asset management, calculated ...

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... groups argue these laws could delay renewables approvals and deter investment in the sector. The Business Council of Australia (BCA) and other industry groups, including the Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Chamber of Minerals and Energy ...

Investors worth US$29 trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... transition." There is just five years to go before 2030, when many countries are due to hit their climate goals, including Australia's emissions reduction target of 43%. But capital is lacking to fund climate solutions to enable the world to reach its ...

Podcast: The Right to Disconnect and toxic corporate culture with Emma Pringle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Australia recently gave employees the right to ignore their boss outside of ordinary work hours. The law is meant to protect the health and wellbeing of workers and reduce stress and overwork, allowing for better work-life balance in a time when the ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... fiduciary duty to manage the physical, transition and systemic risks of nature. The Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA), whose members manage US$29 trn urges stronger environmental laws and the establishment of an independent Environment ...

Executives urge Canberra to move faster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosure laws provide much-needed clarity and certainty and moves the world closer to global ISSB standards, said Deloitte Australia managing partner for audit and assurance Joanne Gorton. "Government and business need to continue to collaborate to ...

Green Moves: Aus Ethical, S&P, Zevero, Pangolin

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's ex investment director has a new role, as sustainability intelligence and carbon accounting firms firm up their APAC leadership. Angus Dennis, former investment director at Australian Ethical Investment, has been hired as a subject ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... instruments like shareholder proposals, to increasing pressure through negative votes," he said. However, Murphy said Australia still has a long way to go compared with the level of shareholder activism seen in the US. Many institutional investors are ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... discouraged from undertaking testing out of fear it may impact their ability to get life insurance. "This decision places Australia as a world leader in removing barriers to genetic testing by stopping the use of adverse predictive test results in life ...
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