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Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
A group of professionals from the banking and finance industry have established the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO), an organisation that seeks to restore trust and encourage ethical behaviour in the financial services industry. Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Jillian Broadbent has been named chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with Michael Carapiet, Ian Moore, Anna Skarbek and Andrew Stock also named to the CEFC board. Broadbent, a member of the board of the Reserve Bank, chaired the CEFC ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... first agreement with an owners corporation, an ownership structure that has traditionally faced challenges in accessing finance for retrofits, Sustainable Melbourne Fund said. "[O]wners corporations have found it almost impossible to access capital for ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... default rate of 2%. But changes to the banking environment in the past six years mean that there is wider availability of finance to people with low incomes, including Centrelink advance and other programs operated by other finance providers like the ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... where we should invest or not invest," said David Atkin, Cbus CEO. "We're long term investors. We know that much of the finance world operates on a short-term cycle and so therefore a whole lot of essential risks and opportunities are missed in the short ...

City of Melbourne EUAs extended to include property trusts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... according to the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. EUAs are agreements between a building owner, local council and financier to finance environmental retrofitting projects. Under the terms, the building owner is advanced funds for the upgrade by the financier ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Ed. note: substantially updated throughout with comment from Valda Wheeler, SIA Foresters Community Finance subsidiary Social Investment Australia (SIA) has launched a new fund offering financing to non-profits seeking to buy property. SIA has launched ...

Low Carbon Australia financing for local council upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... from Low Carbon Australia. Cardina Shire's health and recreation facility has received AU$225,913 in Low Carbon Australia finance and a AU$369,582 grant from the federal government's Community Energy Efficiency Program towards an AU$739,163 project. ...

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... Allied Gold owns the Gold Ridge. In 2011 the company accounted for 2.5% of GDP and 16% of exports. Projections from the Finance Ministry estimate that it will contribute 5.7% of real GDP in 2012 and 6.3% in 2013. ASX-listed Axiom Mining has interests ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... vice president of the European Sustainable Investment Forum (EUROSIF) and a director of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Forum (UKSIF). Oulton will report to Chris Turpin, global head of product, and will be responsible for the firm's global ...