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Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... government's support, is helping us explore innovative alternatives to address the issue of financial exclusion." See Also: ASIC issues report on payday lending Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... this year, as new reporting guidelines for material ESG risks from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the ASX Corporate Governance Council will start to take effect. As part of ASX's Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... recommendation brings ASX in line with corporate governance recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) made in 2013. "The whole point of recommendation 7.4, about disclosing whether you have material exposure to ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC ) has warned the payday lending industry to improve its consumer protections or face more enforcement action. ASIC issued a report recently that found that some payday lenders are "engaging ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... information, is that compliance is an issue. [W]hile there's a good strong code for responsible lending, between the efforts of ASIC and the companies concerned, there appear to be compliance problems. We have a proposal asking the payday lenders that ...

Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... recommendation brings ASX in line with corporate governance recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) made in 2013. "The big triggers for this year include the ASX 7.4," said Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner, climate ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... generation, which will impact on reporting from next year. For example, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, opening further opportunities ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and, if it does, how it manages or intends to manage those risks." The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) last year released Regulatory Guide 247 (RG 247), Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, a guidance for ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... such as the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC). This will have impacts in Australia. "The IIRC, the ASX and ASIC are all driving for greater transparency on short, medium and long term social, environmental and economic risks impacting ...

ASIC accepts Community 21's prospectus for share raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has accepted a prospectus from Community 21, which is seeking to raise up to AU$4 million in a share offering open to non-profits. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director Community 21 ...