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Four appointed to Energy Security Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Eraring Energy from 2000 to 2010 and as a director of Pacific Power from 1996 to 2000. Fox has 30 years of financial services and insurance experience within Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, and has experience in debt and structured finance arising ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is writing a report on disclosure of asset holdings in conjunction with the Financial Services Council (FSC) that they will submit in June to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Both ASFA ...

Australian Ethical names exec director business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... their endowments as well as providing superannuation for their staff." Newnham has previously worked for Zurich Financial Services, Lonsec and BT Financial Group and has held positions as chairman of a financial planning dealer group and director of ...

Carbon Farming Initiative welcomed, more work to come

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... over how to license the companies that sell the credits. Companies will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) in order to trade credits, because they are defined as financial products. Currently, the Australian Securities and Investment ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... stockmarket as well as a trend towards direct share portfolios, both in responsible investment and across the financial services industry. Additionally, community finance assets also grew - 11 community finance providers had total assets of AU$1.490bn ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license as part of draft legislation from the federal government. The federal government has released amendments to the ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... gas emissions, against a backdrop of a net profit of AU$6.99bn, an increase of 10% over 2010's result. The financial services and banking group reported that employee engagement raised a tic from 80 in 2010 to 81 in 2011, out of a possible 100 and its ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Fabian said. "We see risk reduction as the primary purpose," he said. "That can manifest in lots of ways in financial services, like subordinate debt and equity arrangements. I don't personally favour the term 'loan guarantees' but others have used that ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Microfinance - the provision of provision of financial services such as loans to entrepreneurs in emerging market countries - has existed for at least 30 years. But in the past decade, microfinance has moved from being solely the remit of non-profits ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... previous attempt to correct the industry-wide problem has stagnated. In 2007, a roundtable organised by the Financial Services Council (FSC), then known as the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA), proposed steps that would result ...