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Good Shepherd Microfinance receives more state funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. The Good Money sites in Victoria are the result of a partnership between NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government. The initiative ...

bankmecu and Swan Hill Credit Union to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... (SHCU) will merge after SHCU members endorsed the move this week. The merger will enhance bankmecu's presence in regional Victoria and offer the local community a greater range of products, said Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director. The merger is ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... safe, fair, and affordable loans, savings, energy inclusion and other programs and has reached over 125,000 people. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products, financial ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... IGCC, Gary Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management, Jon Glass, past CIO of Media Super, Geoff Lake mayor of Monash, Victoria, trustee board member of Vision Super and Cath Bowtell: recent CEO of AGEST Super and past director of AustralianSuper. The ...

CEC analyses impact of removing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... installations are the Bundaberg area, Queensland, Mandurah area, Western Australia, Hervey Bay area, Queensland, Werribee area, Victoria, and Hoppers Crossing area, Victoria. "RAA's study reinforces the importance of the Renewable Energy Target to lower ...

Tumut Shire Council to slash electricity costs after upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... for other local government projects in places including Wagga Wagga City Council, NSW, Mount Alexander Shire Council, Victoria, Baw Baw Shire Council, Victoria, Richmond Valley Council, NSW, Kingborough Council, Tasmania, Great Lakes Council, NSW and ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... has been exciting." The ANZFF portfolio includes "two high-quality softwood estates comprising over 90,000 hectares in Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania and a hardwood timberland estate of more than 270,000 hectares across various regions of Australia," ...

ASX includes ESG language in corporate governance guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Council of the potential impact of environmental, social and broader economic issues on the financial bottom line" said Victoria Whitaker, head of Australia for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). In a joint statement with Sustainable Business Australia ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 38.7% of trust assets as of the end of December, 2013. Exposure to Australian state government issuance is limited to Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory - the other states are screened out based on ...

CEFC, CBA finance efficiency upgrades for food processors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... provides financing to upgrade with new technologies and energy efficient equipment, and pointed to recent financing deals in Victoria as examples of how companies are taking advantage of the program. CEFC noted family business Nightingale Bros in Wandiligong ...