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NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... BNP Paribas provided the majority of cross-currency swaps and long-dated inflation swaps for the HH2 project's offtake payments, and took the lead in structuring the covenant package. See Also: NAB issues $150m green bond

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... significant impact on their revenue. CentrePay is a bill paying and budgeting facility for recipients of governmental welfare payments. It allows automatic deductions for bills such as utilities and housing, and consumer leasing payments for household ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... included in the CentrePay system. CentrePay is a bill paying and budgeting facility for recipients of governmental welfare payments. It allows automatic deductions for bills such as utilities and housing, and consumer leasing payments for household goods ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... modeled on the AAMI Renter's Fire and Theft product, developed with specific changes - the excess is AU$100 and the premium payments are deducted fortnightly from clients' CentreLink payments. "The quotes vary depending on the situation, the level of ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... here. Canada's Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act will require oil, gas and mining companies to report their payments to governments worldwide annually. It will come into force no later than 1 June 2015, and will apply to Canadian-listed and ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... business." Australia has been criticised for its lack of enforcement of bribery laws, and for not having banned facilitation payments. However, Australian companies are still exposed to legal risk through international business. Both the US and UK have ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... that the media fixed pay for an ASX100 CEO was AU$1.83 million in FY2013, down from AU$1.95 million in FY12. Termination payments to CEOs have also shrunk by close to 70% over the past five years. The median termination payout to CEOs was AU$1.3 million ...

Push to focus on tax reform, transparency as part of G20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... the G20 could support moves to increase domestic revenue in developing countries would be to support disclosure of tax payments made by multinational corporations on a country-by-country basis, and for extractive industry companies to disclose payments ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the biggest risk.... We want to see them get to a suitable standard where they're managing the finance, the contract payments are coming through and they're in a comfortable position." Doyle said this was a valuable part of the package for Iman Operations ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Stephen Harper's June 2013 announcement that Canada would adopt a G8 initiative requiring mining companies to disclose payments it makes to governments. Canada's Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, said in a statement last week that the government ...