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Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes itself as a community development financial institution, have announced a new ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to face fresh class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... said. Great Southern was an agricultural managed investment scheme which sold loan packages marketed as Great Southern Finance. These loans were to purchase forestry and grape growing plots which were said to be able to produce investment returns. Great ...

Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... used, particularly when it comes to retirement products. "There is a requirement to bridge the knowledge gap between the finance industry professionals and the end consumer. There is a clear incentive to simplify but the key is to not make it simpler ...

Dealmakers hold off investing in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Merger and acquisition activity has come to a grinding halt as dealmakers are struggling to get access to finance in addition to regarding delays in governmental approval for foreign investment, according to the latest research from Pitcher Partners. ...

New chief risk officer at Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Boutique investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed a new chief risk officer and created a new head of finance role. Lata McNulty will step into the role of chief risk officer, reporting to chief executive and managing director Sophia Rahmani. ...

First State Super, CEFC back new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... $140 million green bond linked to the newly launched Australian Climate Transition Index, subscribed by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and First State Super. The Australian Climate Transition Index (also known as the ACT Index) is the first ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... improving the lives of Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander Australians. "We hope that key executives from the banking and finance sector use these as a guiding principle for their RAPs and strategic plans," FNF chief executive Phil Usher said. "Indigenous ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
New research has revealed Australians are feeling significantly less confident about their retirement prospects, with many fearing they will have to work longer in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Surveying 1000 Australians in June, the CFS Retirement ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... already significant investors in many of Australia's major infrastructure and property assets and are well positioned to finance the green retrofitting of these assets," she said. Green upgrades include behind-the-meter efforts to improve energy use ...

Tasmania leads the nation: CommSec

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements. Tasmania ranked first on relative population growth, relative unemployment, equipment investment ...