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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 ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... emissions, Kiernan said. Kiernan spoke to The Sustainability Report this week while in Australia. The fund will be open to Australian institutional investors, but Inflection Point "haven't yet established retail relationships," said Gordon Noble, senior ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... institutional investors across 22 countries. Australia/NZ respondents constituted 12% of the total participants in the survey. Australian/NZ investors and European investors had the highest proportion of investors who incorporate ESG criteria into their ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... the number of superannuation fund board positions held by women may be due to increased governance standards from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the push for more independent board members on superannuation fund trustee boards ...

Increase in ASX board cultural diversity: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Cultural diversity on ASX-listed corporate boards has increased, but boardrooms do not yet reflect the broader Australian community, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA partnered ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia, which has ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... clear on the benefits of gender diversity and company financial performance. AMP Capital found that almost one-third of Australian companies AMP Capital invests in still have no women directors. This is a significant improvement on 2010, when AMP first ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... brokers that the founders of Future Super have provided training around the issues of fossil fuel divestment and the Australian banking sector, Verwey said. Future Home Loans have identified a list of fossil fuel free lenders, including Bank of Queensland ...

Climate Bond Standard releases draft bioenergy criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... are CalSTRS, the (US) Investor Network on Climate Risk, the (EU) Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change, the (Australian) Investor Group on Climate Change, NRDC, CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project), The International Cooperative ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and other stakeholders are planning to engage with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies in a campaign to improve their lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...