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UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has held its first investor briefing, discussing the structure and returns of its three portfolios, its investment approach to selecting Australian equities and disclosing that a AU$7.7 million loan relating to the now-defunct Acacia ...

Pollinate Energy brings solar lighting to urban slums

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise, is working to provide affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Pollinate Energy's founders. Co-Founder Kat Kimmorley in centre of front row. Pollinate Energy has developed a business ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... like is that we have a number of organisations in our network, and there are many, many others out there in the not for profit world, whose mission is affected by the externalities of company behaviour. For example, there's Kildonan - they're financial ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... of controls, Australian Ethical said. Greenhill is also a director, and member of the finance committee, for a not for profit organisation. "Kate is another terrific addition to the Australian Ethical board - along with Mara Bun and Tony Cole who were ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Net Balance has launched a dedicated research and development initiative, the Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute, and appointed Les Hems as inaugural director of research and development. Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute will see Net Balance take ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... complete. The main reason we pursued this is our unusual makeup in the way we operate as both a for-profit and a not for profit. We're driven with the twin motives of profit and purpose. The B Corp certification provides an easier way to communicate ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report at the time. Triodos Bank was founded in 1980 to provide a "bridging function" between the not for profit world and the business world, said Peter Blom, CEO and chairman of the board of management, Triodos Bank, during the discussion. ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government have launched an AU$7.8m retail project to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people in Victoria. Good Shepherd ...

Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Ethinvest manages nearly 400 direct share portfolios on behalf of individuals, trusts, private foundations and not for profit organisations. In Thomas's view, if 100 shareholders or 5% of shareholders call upon a board to put forth a resolution, it should ...
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