Corporate Strategy

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The future of work and the impacts of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on society and the economy is a mega-trend that will impact on superannuation investment on a number of levels.

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The financial services industry play a key role in raising, structuring and allocating funding to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to new research from EY.

Norton Rose Fulbright partners to form new energy sector advisory business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that partner and current global head of energy Simon Currie, and partner Vincent Dwyer, will leave the business to form a new advisory business for the energy sector.

Deloitte survey finds procurement leaders lack visibility in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Procurement leaders around the world "don't have enough visibility" in their supply chains, raising the spectre of compliance risks with the widely anticipated Australian version of the Modern Slavery Act, Deloitte cautions.

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
ASX200 companies are not addressing key risks in codes of conduct and whistleblowing systems, according to new research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Globally, less than one fifth of board and executive-level positions were held by women in 2016, according to survey of Vigeo Eiris data.

Nearly half of all board appointments to date in 2018 women: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly one out of every two ASX200 board appointments thus far in 2018 has been a woman, according to new research from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD).

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies including ...

Diversity Council Australia Inclusion@Work Index shows value of, need for inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Research from the Diversity Council Australia (DCA) shows that while the majority of surveyed people support inclusive workplaces, men are less supportive than women of initiatives designed to improve diversity and inclusion in workplaces.

HESTA to survey investment managers for workplace gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA is surveying 70 of its Australian and international investment managers about their workplace gender as part of their wider focus on gender diversity through its investment value chain.