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V-Square launches Australian ESG index strategy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... sector leaders based on a set of relevant key issues scores that are aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Materiality Framework. Additionally, the index seeks to minimise exposure to companies with carbon transition risk ...

Sudden departure for CountPlus chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... Financial Planning Association of Australia. He was also an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac.

Advice on ageing key to future success: CFPs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... financial advisers in the years to come, according to more than half of all CFP professionals. The Financial Planning Standards Board recently surveyed 4250 certified financial planners across 23 countries including Australia, finding that 68% believe ...

Auditor referral threshold test troubling: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... at what point in time the threshold test must be considered or applied. The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board introduced draft amendments to the APES 110 Code of Ethics for accountants, outlining the threshold. The SMSFA believes if there ...

Challenger names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... International Federation of Accountants for two years and is a director on The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board. Challenger chief executive Richard Howes said Grimes brings an outstanding track record as a leader in her field with ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), which covers a broader set of material sustainability factors," Fink said. "We are greatly encouraged by the progress ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework. Greater transparency would enable more informed ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... advisor for Australia following increased interest from local institutional investors. The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has appointed Terence Jeyaretnam to the role, on a volunteer basis, to work with the increasing number of companies ...

New requirements for SMSFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... come into effect 1 July 2021. New accounting standard AASB 2020-2 has been released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and will come into effect from 1 July 2021. The ATO said it will change the reporting requirements of certain for-profit ...

State Street rejigs international equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... scoring system, R-Factor(TM). R-Factor draws on multiple data sources and leverages the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board's (SASB) widely accepted, transparent Materiality Map to generate a unique ESG score for listed companies, according to ...