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Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... 'long consultation' issues." "We are lobbying the social services minister to remove the Thorn Group and any other for-profit companies from CentrePay's payment facilities," Mooney said. "People either don't understand the contract they're signing or ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Proske, head of community finance and development, NAB The fund will support the development of social enterprises - for-profit businesses that are driven by a social or environmental mission. "We believe we have a responsibility to help our customers ...

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 ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... school focuses on online training for a better understanding of sustainability standards for the industry. It is a not-for-profit initiative and it is based on the UK's Supply Chain School.

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super will branch out into the home loans space by launching a service encouraging people to take up or switch their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Future Home Loans will launch ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... process for Hagart's replacement. Hagart will stay until Easter to facilitate a smooth transfer. ACSI represents 31 major profit-for-members superannuation funds in Australia, which collectively manage over AU$400 billion on behalf of eight million members ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... extremely important to us. We're proud to be leading the way not just in Australia but globally. If all banks spent 4% of their profit in the community, the impact would be billions." said Steve James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank, in a statement. LBG ...

CBRE commits to increasing green space in Australia, NZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and employee engagement and will also test air quality in the offices. CBRE is partner in the 202020 Vision, a not-for-profit collaborative initiated aimed at increasing green space in Australia by 20% by 2020. "Reputationally, there's value for us," ...

Australian Ethical surpasses $1 billion AUM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investors has increased its assets under management to more than AU$1 billion through a combination of investment returns and inflows across its business lines, according to Phil Vernon, managing director. Phil Vernon, Australian ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... The courses are taught by experienced practitioners using market data and case studies, the GIIN said. The GIIN is a non-profit organization that works to increase the scale and effectiveness of impact investing through building infrastructure and support ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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