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Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... has 13 responsible investment consultants around the world who specialise in advising boards of superannuation funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments on sustainable and responsible investment matters. "Implementing sustainable growth ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... provision, and creating new public service mutuals. Among other case studies, the report looks at the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as one example of how those strategies can be adopted. "The one thing that we've got an increasing level ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... 2012-2013 by the 10 largest global companies in 10 industry sectors - automotive, chemicals and synthetics, finance and insurance, food and beverage, metals, mining and engineering, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, electronics and computers ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Financial exclusion is defined as not having access to a moderate amount of credit, a basic transaction account or general insurance products, the report said. The report found that 3.038 million Australian adults - 16.9% - face financial exclusion. ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Capital, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super, and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional Bank are the joint-lead managers for this transaction. World ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Group Ltd, NIB Holdings Limited, Carnegie Wave Energy, Oakton Limited, Clover Corporation, 1300 Smiles, Chorus Ltd, QBE Insurance Group, Dexus Property Group, Reckon Limited, Dyesol Limited, Sims Metal Management, Greencross Limited, Sirtex Medical Limited ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Holdings, Lend Lease, Macquarie Group, Mineral Resources, Monadelphous, National Australia Bank, NRW Holdings, Orica, QBE Insurance, Qube Holdings, Suncorp, Toll Holdings, Transfield Services, Transpacific Industries, UGL, Westpac and WorleyParsons. ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... wellbeing as well. We also have direct vision of the rates of suicide in the industry because we're the largest provider of insurance in the industry, so claims come through us." The study also suggested that "low skilled workers in construction should ...

South Australia government to support Good Money store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy, Good Shepherd Microfinance has said. Good Shepherd Microfinance's provider network includes 246 community organisations ...

ASrIA appoints two to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Copley is a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and has worked for PwC since 1985. He leads PwC's Asia Pacific insurance industry group. He sits on the panel of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) Disciplinary Committee and ...