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CEFC provides $100m financing for Origin Solar Servicing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... customers since it was launched earlier this year, and the CEFC finance will be used in expanding the offering, so more Australians can enjoy the benefits of solar." CEFC has previously worked with Origin to provide on-biull finance for business to upgrade ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... board composition and the skills needed to protect the funding of the retirement of a rapidly increasing number of Australians," said Judith Fox, policy director, Governance Institute. "When assessing the skills and competencies needed to align with ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... reach the target of one million people experiencing financial hardship by 2018." One in 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 ...

Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... continue to provide inclusive, fair and suitable financial services for Victorians." One in 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 ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Local Government Super once again regained the top position on the global Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) index for their work in managing climate risk, but 85% of the 500 largest asset owners globally are still not adequately disclosing or managing ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... payday lenders and goods rental companies in a campaign to improve their lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement specialists, financial counsellors ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... payday lenders and goods rental companies in a campaign to improve their lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... lending policy issues, how the sector targets its clientele, which can be drawn from the pool of financially excluded Australians that do not have access to mainstream banking and lending products, and also raises concerns that Thorn Group and other ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... an initiative linked to the banking group's commitment to creating "meaningful career opportunities" for Indigenous Australians, as outlined in its 2014-2017 Reconciliation Action Plan. The bank is a foundation partner of CareerTrackers since 2011, and ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... because the partnership model allows the insurer to gain better understanding of the insurance needs of lower income Australians and how to design a product to meet those needs, said Lisa Harrison, executive general manager, customer product and pricing ...