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Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
If Labor comes to power, it will set up a dedicated task force to implement the Royal Commission's final recommendations due next year. Responding to the interim report, acting opposition leader Tanya Plibersek told a media conference in Sydney ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... portfolios. Some provide no such information at all. The report assesses the funds against the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, with the AODP saying the lack of strategy and disclosure could amount to a breach ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... institutions and outside consultants will assess efforts by various groups to adopt the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. They will then devise a unified approach and publish sample guidance for other ...

Climate change a real risk for investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... climate risk is distinctly financial in nature. It also demonstrates a failure to respond to the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), established by the Financial Stability Board, chaired by Bank of England ...

Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... in two ways: the risks of transitioning to a low-carbon economy, and the risks stemming from physical changes. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD)'s final recommendations, released in June 2017, aimed to develop a framework ...

Industry fund chases insurance giant on climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... with Market Forces co-ordinating the move. The resolution requests QBE report as per the recommendations of the global Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Last year, QBE forked out a net of US$1.227 billion as a result of natural ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... increase company reporting on climate change risk has intensified this year following the G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) report, and Australia's ratification of the Paris Agreement. ACSI said ...

ASIC boosts support for regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... that there are about 14,000 regulated entities in Australia under international pressure from the Financial Action Task Force (which monitors the global financial system against illegal activity). The entities are being requested to broaden their rules ...

Senior ATO official tangled in $165m fraud scandal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... domestically and internationally to reduce the incidence of tax crime, including having recently acted as chair of the OECD Task Force on Tax Crimes. Also appearing at the press conference, acting commissioner of taxation Andrew Mills said that Australian ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... its impact on the provision of investment advice to retail clients. The report notes ASIC's launch of a Robo-advice Task Force - the objective of which is to informally identify firms offering automated services via exchanges during the AFS licensing ...