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HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... - like other large organisations that operate in the real world, they need to be held accountable for high standards of safety." The coalition of funds says it wants accountability from social media companies and prove they are acting to prevent livestreaming ...

APRA to up the ante

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
APRA's new enforcement strategy will see it toughen up, but its safety-first approach will be retained. The prudential regulator released its new enforcement strategy alongside the enforcement review that commenced in November after its enforcement ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... future, particularly for uncooperative institutions," he said. "What will not change, however, is APRA's role as a safety regulator focused on supervision, with prevention as our primary goal." Byres also noted the cases referred to the prudential ...

In a nutshell: Federal Budget 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Indigenous Australians; $300 billion for schools; $453 million to pre-school education; and $328 million to women's safety. The Government has also committed $461 million to youth mental health and suicide prevention support program, headspace. "Six ...

Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Geelong to Melbourne, an increase of $3 billion for the Urban Congestion Fund taking it to $4 billion, a $2.2 billion Road Safety Package and an additional $1 billion for the next phase of the Roads of Strategic Importance initiative," Federal Treasurer ...

New Zealand investors call for action after attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... working on new laws that would seek to apply criminal penalties to companies that don't act in the interests and the safety of Australians." The New Zealand government has moved to make viewing and sharing the video illegal and Prime Minister Jacinda ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... working on new laws that would seek to apply criminal penalties to companies that don't act in the interests and the safety of Australians." He went on to say: "What I'm looking for, is for these companies to come to the table as responsible ...

Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... is set to add a new affiliate that will run thematic strategies including artificial intelligence, robotics, water and safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter and will be based in Paris. ...

ABA moves to protect vulnerable customers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... abuse can often include financial abuse and is likely to be a subject of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. All stakeholder groups as well as members of the general public are invited to make a submission to the consultation.

Benchmark APRA against global counterparts: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... future operating environment effectively cascaded throughout the organisation; - Decision-making that balances financial safety and financial stability, and considerations of efficiency, competition, contestability and competitive neutrality; - Culture ...