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StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... year period. The program is aimed at reducing financial exclusion of people who are unable to access mainstream credit from banks and credit unions. Additionally, 64.4% of StepUP clients who had previously used fringe lenders in the past have stopped ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... want to introduce to it that provide the shared value proposition - what is good for Indigenous Australians and good for banks. So far - a lot of support from levels of government and mining companies, but also traditional owners themselves, who, in ...

Social Enterprise Finance Australia hires Ben Gales as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... of what we can offer," Rickards said. "It's about penetrating further as the market develops, and also about working with banks. We have got some good relationships with some of the smaller banks, and we are developing that. We have to further develop ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... financial services industry are also integrating climate change into their risk management models, pointing to the ways in which banks factor carbon emission pricing into how they lend to power generation companies that utilise coal-fired generators. ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... oligopolisation process in the finance industry at work, very much tracking what happened in the banking sector. The big four banks have invested heavily into wealth management and financial planning. I guess you'd have to call it the big six if you ...

bankmecu to offer environmental upgrade agreement finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... (EUAs). graphic courtesy SMF bankmecu said that it would consider lending on terms as far out as 20 years, compared to other banks, which cap their EUAs at 10 years. Additionally, the bank has not set parameters around minimum and maximum sizes of potential ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... services sector was the hardest hit, suffering $322 million in fraud losses in the past two years. Nevertheless, the large banks have generally done well in implementing systems to combat fraud, bribery and corruption, Gill said. "The financial services ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... 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 estate.

Low Carbon Australia finances $11m pilot energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... assets, Collins said. "We have some long-life assets and we wanted to amortize the debt over a longer time-frame than the banks can typically accommodate for a new business that's doing something new and innovative to reduce the carbon intensity of the ...