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AI to revolutionise investment industry: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... product life cycles accelerate, firms and professionals must embrace innovation and embed creative thinking, teamwork, and ethics into product development," it said. "Innovation capabilities should strengthen through greater resourcing and stronger governance ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... has claimed that these companies outperformed a comparable index by 7.1% over the last five years. "Honorees integrate ethics and values with corporate strategy. They speak up, are transparent, take action, and look for innovative ways to make a difference. ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... insurance policies that can leave consumers unprotected. Government to wind up FASEA The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) will be made redundant as two government bodies take over its remit. Assistant Minister for Superannuation ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The financial services sector has had the highest improvement on an ethics index despite still receiving the lowest score of all sectors, new research shows. Governance Institute of Australia's fifth annual Ethics Index 2020 ranked the banking ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... head of ESG and investment stewardship is appointed. Dr Ian Woods continues in his role as chair of the Ethical Leaders ethics committee. Senior sustainable investment analyst Camille Wynter will leave at the end of January for an external role.

Financial services the most unethical industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
... finance industry as the most unethical sector in the country. Released today by the Governance Institute, the annual Ethics Index shows Australians' distrust of the financial services industry has continued to grow almost a year on from the final ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Mexico were excluded in 2006 on the basis of serious or systematic violations of human rights. The Norges Bank's Council on Ethics has since found the grounds for exclusion are no longer present. In line with the fund's management mandate, the Ministry ...

Facebook dropped from ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... dropped from the S&P 500 ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Index after a series of scandals brought the company's ethics into question. The S&P 500 ESG Index underwent its annual rebalance at the end of April and removed several notable companies ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics Index score of all sectors this year..." > @GovInstAus Ethics Index https://t.co/aFMfY5A7OI - Adam Walk (@AdamNWalk) August 16 ...

Financial services confidence continues spiral

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... For the third consecutive year, banks and financial institutions have rated at the bottom of the institute's Ethics Index. "Australians expect high standards from their financial institutions, but our research suggests that these are far from being ...
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