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Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
All four of the largest banks in Australia have set formal targets and policies to increase employment of Indigenous Australians, engage with Indigenous communities, and increase Indigenous access to financial products and services. Representatives ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... open and honest financial products and services. Our research has shown us there is a significant gap in the market where banks have one retail offering and payday lenders have a very different offering that often contributes directly to financial hardship ...

Industry welcomes CEFC expert review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Investors, banks and industry bodies welcomed the report on the structure of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), saying that the expert review panel's conclusions reflected a pragmatic view of the CEFC's role in facilitating private investment ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) could act as a catalyst to "unlock" capital from institutional investors, banks and international markets, according to a Clean Energy Council (CEC) report. The CEC commissioned Deloitte to write a report ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... revised Principle 3 in the first annual report after 1 January 2011, or by their 2012 report. The WOB report found that the banks scored highest on the traffic light system - Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac and ANZ all scored green lights, and Suncorp-Metway ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters were sent on behalf of 92 pension funds, asset managers, insurers and banks, including 12 Australian institutions. The Carbon Action initiative works in parallel to CDP's annual request for disclosure ...

Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... provide pricing services to our clients for both spot and forward prices," Abdurahman said. "Domestic and international banks, and the liable entities themselves are all keen to participate in the price making effort. We've solved one key issue - we ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Standards Board to provide input into development of the standards." See Also: IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks Jillian Broadbent to chair Clean Energy Finance Corp panel

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... capital raisings, according to a paper written by Simon Connal and Martin Lawrence, now both of Ownership Matters. Investment banks generated fees of AU$1.89bn through capital raisings, the paper also concluded. "The placement, the discount to the market ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Rabobank are the first two banks to endorse a financial sector declaration to address the use of natural capital by businesses. NAB has become a signatory of the Natural Capital Declaration, which affirms the importance of ...