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US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... takes its fiduciary responsibilities very seriously and remains committed to operating with the highest standards of governance and compliance," a spokesperson for Ares Management Corporation said. "We fully cooperated with the SEC in this matter, which ...

Gender diversity improves, cultural diversity falls: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... diversity at a board level, as well as those needing significant improvement. The Board Diversity index, published by the Governance Institute of Australia and recruiter Watermark Search International, examined six years of data to put gender diversity ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... that the funds which succeed in navigating the immediate challenges caused by COVID-19 will be those with "established governance practices that allow them to be quick in implementing change, making appropriate decisions which are targeted to achieving ...

Westpac announces executive changes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... serves as Westpac's chief operating officer of its consumer division, and has over 25 years experience in risk and governance, operations, transformation, program delivery and line management.

Boutique launches sustainable Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... Norman would have passed most negative screens that RI funds use, but for us this fails our ESG analysis on fundamental governance issues," the managers said. "Amcor has significant revenue from tobacco revenue and would fail a typical negative screen ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... socially responsible practices. Facebook's re-entry, meanwhile, came after the company managed to make improvements to its governance that resulted in a better ESG score. "Last year, the rebalance resulted in some changes that hit the headlines-most ...

Law firm bolsters financial services team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... their market entrance, development of new products/services and cross border sales, their strategic direction, good governance, managing risks, implementing regulatory change, their relationships with regulators, and remediation programmes. In addition ...

Culture is key in a crisis: Australian Ethical

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... the chief risk officer of the nearly $4 billion super fund and investment manager. Speaking over the phone for the Governance Institute of Australia's virtual governance and risk management forum, Australian Ethical Investments chief risk officer Karen ...

Compliance crackdown, consultations on horizon: ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... the COVID-19 crisis, and revealed the several consultations it has on the horizon. Speaking over the phone for the Governance Institute of Australia's virtual governance and risk management forum, the ASX's chief compliance officer Kevin Lewis ...

Netwealth, Ironbark partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... managed account model managers and advice groups with the flexibility to partner with Ironbark for RE and investment governance services," said Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine. "By offering external RE to advice firms via Ironbark, Netwealth ...