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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... 9 November. According to Modi, the move was designed to curb the prevalence of counterfeits, black market money and corruption in the country. While the RBI acknowledged that the withdrawal of the old rupee 500 and rupee1,000 notes could result in a ...

Thomson Reuters partners with platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... in ensuring they are fully compliant with legislation and regulation aimed at preventing AML, threat financing, anti-corruption, organised crime and third party risk.

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... bank managers 30% (down 4% this year and down a massive 13% since 2014). After a Royal Commission last year into union corruption, union leaders 13% (down 1%) were one of only four professions to lose respect from Australians over the past year. "Although ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... such as Brazil and Russia... we've seen how the impact of lower oil prices has decimated the Russian economy... how corruption in Brazil is rampant. "All the old ghosts of emerging markets that were there 10 years ago have resurfaced," said Bell. Instead ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... any specific matters to APRA, similar issues were identified by the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. We will therefore be reviewing more deeply - for a sample of funds across all industry segments - practices in relation to ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... look more closely at social and governance issues relating to health, safety and the environment, human capital and corruption.

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission to the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption's discussion paper on options for law reform. In the submission signed by REST chair Ken Marshman, it is pointed out that ...

Cbus Royal Commission findings impact industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Fallout from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption will fuel heated debates on superannuation trustee governance, selection of default super funds, and trade union relationships with industry super funds. In his scathing final ...

CFA launches ESG guide for investment professionals

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... investment process. "Awareness of ESG issues in investing from energy efficiency to employee relations to bribery and corruption has grown substantially in the last decade," CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said. "How these issues impact investment ...

SLI introduces international real estate risk tool

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... The seven components of the score are market size, ease of doing business, competitiveness, innovation, public sector corruption, credit default swap spreads, and transparency. The rankings will be updated on a quarterly basis.