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Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... services that assist people to fully participate in society," said Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking executive director. "Unfortunately there is no quick fix to financial exclusion, but further development of the CDFI sector in Australia has the ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has appointed Kate Greenhill FCA to the board as a non-executive director. Greenhill has more than 18 years' experience in assurance and advisory services in the financial services industry. She is a former partner with ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... NAB/MLC, Colonial First State/Commonwealth Private, the FPA and Equip Super. FEW was founded by Judith Beck, managing director of Financial Recruitment Group. She said the organisation fit a gap in the market to boost women who could and should receive ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... in fact, we will be looking to diversify away from the currencies we own for in the green bonds," said Mathew McCrum, director, investments, at Omega. "At the moment, they're allocated in Australian dollars and Swedish kroner. This adds to that by adding ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... say that she felt the commission was acting to the tenets of responsible leadership. She cited a speech by IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde to the World Economic Forum in which Lagarde said that responsible leadership was about "embracing the ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... specifically due to energy pricing and the impact of a high Australian dollar, said Andrew Newby, Wiley business development director. "But through process, air conditioning, and refrigeration upgrades and biogas capture projects, businesses can transform ...

Monash University selected as sustainable development hub

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Professor Ed Byrne, Monash University's vice-chancellor, in an announcement from Jakarta. "Professor John Thwaites and director Professor Dave Griggs are building a high-impact research capability of global significance, and sustainable development is ...

GNDI: encourage board diversity, but not by quotas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... the most effective way to improve board diversity, according to a joint policy paper issued by the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI). GNDI and its member organisations - including the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) - released ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... extraordinary general meeting brought by a group of dissenting shareholders to replace the board and remove managing director Phil Vernon from his position. Australian Ethical shareholders voted down the resolutions. Australian Ethical has also appointed ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... services and sustainability industries, ASrIA said. According to Robinson's LinkedIn profile, she has previously worked as a director at Enecore Carbon and a client services manager at Ernst and Young. "We are really excited that Jessica has joined ASrIA," ...