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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and increase the impact of their work in their communities and matches private investment. ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The social and economic return of the StepUP micro-loan program run by National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance is equal to $2.68 for every dollar invested, according to a report by the Centre for Social Impact (CSI). Good Shepherd Microfinance ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... institution competitively benchmarked against large global companies, we're punching well above our weight, not only in the finance sector but against all sectors," said Steve James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank in a statement. "Achievement of Gold status ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Golden North project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and export to South East Asia, said Peter Adamo, Golden North general manager. The refrigeration project has received finance from Low Carbon Australia and also received funding and project support from peak body Food South Australia Inc, and 50% of ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... equity associations and more than 10 leading general partners from 11 countries and is based around the International Finance Corporation's sustainability framework, said Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at LGS. "It's a common sense approach to ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... creating commercial opportunities, and increasing cultural awareness within the bank. Glen Brennan, head of Indigenous finance and development at National Australia Bank NAB has set the overarching ambition to "become the bank of choice of Indigenous ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Further complicating the investment landscape is the fact that the Coalition's stated policy is to abolish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Norton Rose notes that Andrew Robb, shadow minister for finance, deregulation and debt reduction and ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has hired Ben Gales as chief executive officer. Gales will start on 2April and comes to SEFA having formerly worked as a director at the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and has also worked in ...

City of Sydney signs first environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... development is being built by Frasers Property and Sekisui House on the former Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) site. Finance for Frasers' EUA will be disbursed through The Australian Environmental Upgrade Fund (TAEUF 2) established by Eureka Funds Management. ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... feel we're sitting strategically as well. The big strategic challenge is that there's an oligopolisation process in the finance industry at work, very much tracking what happened in the banking sector. The big four banks have invested heavily into wealth ...