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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 ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The payday lending and goods rental/leasing sector is a fast-growing part of the financial services sector, but there are social and financial risks to the sector. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia ...

GRI, Fundacion ONCE launch disability reporting guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Fundacion ONCE, a leading organization of the European Network for CSR and Disability (CSR+D), have launched a guide for organisations to use in communicating commitments relating to inclusion of people with ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched its AU$1 million Impact Investment Grants Program. Corinne Proske, head of community finance and development, NAB The fund will support the development of social enterprises - for-profit businesses that are ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank and National Australia Bank (NAB) are the two Australian companies to be listed in the Ethisphere Institute's Most Ethical Companies for 2015. The two banks joined Brazil's Banco do Brasil S.A. in the Banks: National category of ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The financial advisers that operate the Ethical Advisers' Co-operative increased ethically screened funds under management by 18% to nearly AU$1 billion in 2014. Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers Funds under management increased through ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) Global Equity SmartBeta ESG strategy is 5% ahead of its benchmark for its first six months, the fund manager has announced. Craig Hurt, AXA IM director of Australia and New Zealand The AXA IM All Country World Index ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There is a high degree of overlap in what organisational reporters using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework consider material, and what investors consider material, according to an analysis conducted by GRI and RobecoSAM. In the report ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AMP Capital will advise Japanese company GII on investments in renewable energy assets, as part of AMP Capital's ongoing financial relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). AMP Capital will assist GII in acquiring high quality ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Companies with more than 100 employees will continue reporting gender equality data to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), but the government has removed several requirements that were due to commence in April. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council ...