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ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The corporate regulator will update guidance for carbon market participants in relation to the Australian financial services (AFS) licensing requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed an overhaul of its regulatory ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Indigenous communities' needs must be prioritised in investment decisions, and trust must be built through representation. Colonisation has had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples' identity and knowledge, panellists at the Responsible Investment ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... society partnerships. Speaking on her NGO experience was Jolene Elberth, corporate campaigns program manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation; Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia & New Zealand research at ISS STOXX; and Amy D'Eugenio, sustainability ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 2024 held in Sydney this week. The big problem is there is a fundamental lack of data on disability inclusion in the Australian workforce. This lack of data makes it difficult for financiers to allocate capital correctly. "There is a historical... cultural ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... profitability. Responsible investors must ensure their products are true-to-label in order to avoid greenwashing, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair said. Businesses with transparent and clear sustainability goals backed ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... dwarfed by what will happen in the next six years, said Stewart. For example, in 2004, Aware Super was one of the first Australian institutional investors to divest from tobacco. In 2015, it was one of the first super funds to come up with a climate ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for understanding risks, and details strategies for investor engagement. Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner at Australian Government presented the framework at RIAA's 2024 conference in Sydney today alongside panel moderator Mark Lyster, co-chair ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Australasia's (RIAA) 2024 Conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Evans is a professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy, former Australian foreign minister and president emeritus and former ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... head of APAC business development Matt Bushby said the launch of the fund marks the next stage of growth strategy for Australian investors, flagging that the fund manager is potentially looking at opportunities to launch other global equity strategies ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... smaller business into unnecessary financial hardship as a result of these planned new reporting requirements." Meantime, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo said growing interest in environmental, social, and governance ...
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