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Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... zero carbon and zero waste policies, according to new research. Professor Martina Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Finance, says market forces will drive the clean-energy momentum with ...

Vertical integration not to blame

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... One of these "controls" - the balanced scorecard - has been described as flawed in the latest research from Macquarie University's Department of Applied Finance. It says this common industry remuneration metric is not as robust as first thought. It found ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
Latest research from Macquarie University uncovers flaws in the use of balanced scorecards to determine remuneration. It comes as Australia's biggest bank bosses face the Royal Commission. According to researchers from the university's Applied ...

Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... the financial services sector, according to FINSIA. The industry body's analyses of a study conducted by Macquarie University shows employees are less able to resist temptation to breach policy if they are tired. It indicates the industry must take better ...

Association launches retirement savings research hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... Monash University, University of Western Australia, Curtin University, University of New South Wales and Macquarie University to provide input via an academic advisory group. Adjunct professor at Monash University Dr Phillip Dolan will assist in establishing ...

Ex-Westpac exec joins Rubik

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... fellow of CPA Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasisa (FINSIA). He holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a bachelor of commerce in accounting, finance and systems from the University of New South Wales. Commenting on the appointment ...

Banks will always take more risk: APRA exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... showcase. A paper leading the discussion was an insight to risk culture in financial institutions, presented by Macquarie University associate professor Elizabeth Sheedy. Sheedy's co-authored paper finds more than 30,000 staff from seven commercial banks ...

Award-winning adviser joins APESB

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... Mackay is also a member of the ASIC External Advisory Panel, an adjunct lecturer in financial planning at Macquarie University and is a member of the Superannuation Industry Relationship Network. Commenting on the appointment, APESB chair Nicola Roxon ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... in Melbourne and primarily went to school there before moving to Sydney in his early teens and attending Macquarie University to complete its actuarial program. From there Knox worked for the institution known as National Mutual - which is no longer ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... educational requirements," Houlihan says. The chief executive holds a certificate of superannuation management from Macquarie University and a graduate certificate of business administration from the University of Southern Queensland. He had to call ...