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NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... holdings align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, it will also release its first Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, identifying the risks and opportunities for its members' savings stemming from ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... work collaboratively as a community with Government, towards the shared goal of great outcomes for consumers." The task force will also report back to advisers with a common view on what will be required of them after the 2021 review. "The FPA and AFA ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
Senior executives of the big banks, superannuation funds, insurance companies and industry bodies have come together for the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. The initiative is an unprecedented collaboration with the aim of shaping an Australian ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... inefficient processes were holding managed funds back, and lauded the common benefits of standards and conventions coming into force. "While good progress has been made in some areas over the past few years, inefficient processes are still far too common," ...

APRA will rethink how it assesses risk: Byres

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... culture, and more forceful enforcement - will drive change. "But to truly generate cultural change within the industry, the task cannot be left to regulators alone," he said. "As I have said on a number of occasions, regulators can play their part but ...

Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... slow down or fall into a recession. Labor recently announced that if it 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 ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... truly fulfil their duties, Rest must seek information from investment managers about climate risks and comply with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. As APRA is the regulator of super funds, McVeigh's new claim quotes a speech ...

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 ...

New accounting standards put pressure on life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... start-up phase. They are likely to face very significant challenges indeed if they do not begin to come to grips with the task in the coming few months," the report said. Hiring skilled people and securing the necessary budget have been major hurdles ...