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Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has extended its Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) contract with the federal government and received an additional AU$448,800 in pilot funding. Community Sector Banking is a specialist banking provider for the ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Banco Fie, a Bolivian grass-roots microfinance institution, is the 22 nd values-based bank to join the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV). GABV is an organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in emerging ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... there's a problem, they know where the problems are and they do have good controls in place to detect, because from a banking perspective, they don't have room not to." Gill said that in his professional experience, the construction and IT sectors are ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... a statement. "However, the right supply chain management strategy can also help companies capture opportunities." The banking and real estate sectors have had the biggest improvement in average scores since 2004 - up 14% for banks and up 8% for real ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 to Three Sistas, a social enterprise ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... also appointed Paul Binsted to fill the final position on the CEFC board. Binsted has extensive experience in investment banking and corporate financial advice. Binsted has previously served as managing director and joint CEO of Lazard in Australia and ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... assurance is still voluntary, said Nadia Woodhouse, an associate at Net Balance and one of the report's producers. The banking and telecommunications sectors had the highest take-up of assurance, while the materials and real estate sectors posted the ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... - CEFC board member Michael Carapiet had a 22-year career at Macquarie Bank, where he served as head of the investment banking division of Macquarie Capital and became the executive chair in 2010. Carapiet is currently the chair of SAS Trustee Corporation ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... literacy. "The financial services sector has played a very constructive role at working at that base level of developing basic banking products, and thinking about how they can help people," she said. "I would see this as an evolution across that early ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... an employee engagement survey, with a result of 80%, which the bank said puts in within the top quartile of the global banking industry. However, voluntary employee turnover increased slightly over 2011 at 12.9%, up from 12.65% in 2011. Lost time injury ...