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Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... breached consumer credit laws and engaged in misleading conduct," according to an ASIC announcement. In 2015,, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... goal for banks - it also represents potential revenue that EY estimates could be as high as US$88 billion by 2020 in the Asia Pacific region. Jan Bellens, EY global emerging markets leader EY has published Innovation in financial inclusion: Revenue growth ...

UCA Funds Management hires Mathew Browning as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Browning has more than 25 years' experience in financial services, property and professional, in roles across Australia, Asia and the UK. This experience includes a decade with the Myer Family Company (MFCo). At MFCo, Browning worked as head of investment ...

Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Risk Advisory Specialist Leader (and formerly Managing Director of ACCSR), Paul Dobson, Partner, Deloitte Risk Advisory and Asia Pacific Sustainability leader, Samantha Jones, Partner, Deloitte Risk Advisory, Dennis Krallis, Managing Partner, Deloitte ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Fixed income fund managers and asset owners are following in the footsteps of their equity counterparts when it comes to engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in bonds, but ESG factors have different impacts on ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... introduced a $40 million impact investing initiative aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprises in the Asia Pacific. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund (EMIIF), which is designed ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... applied across New Forests' portfolio and countries of operation - the company has assets in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the US. "In New Zealand, we have exposure to the New Zealand emissions trading scheme, and it creates opportunities ...

CEFC, Right Click Capital invest in Redback Technologies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... companies and projects. Rick Click Capital's Growth Fund, which invests in early-stage, high-growth tech businesses in the Asia-Pacific region, has invested a further US$2 million and and will also contribute its specialist experience to support Redback's ...

Brambles talks sustainability strategy, Sustainable Development Goals and natural capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... unique proposition in knowing the suppliers within the supply chain," said Lachlan Feggans, senior manager, sustainability Asia-Pacific at Brambles. "Originally, it was to get our assets back and rebalance our asset pool, but the opportunities have expanded." ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... corporate reporting landscape." GRI and the Australian government have aa history of collaborating,, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. In June of this year, GRI and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) partnered on a program, Sustainable ...