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MSCI ponders reclassifying Nigeria, Egypt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... related indexes and mitigate index replication concerns. MSCI also mentioned market accessibility issues are impacting Bangladesh, Kenya, and Sri Lanka, all of which are Frontier Markets.

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
It is 10 years since more than 1000 people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker safety ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... countries of India, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. Now it joins its Asian peers of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam which are also frontier markets at MSCI.

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... provider of trustee and RE services in Australia." The EMIIF will operate in countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific ...

Recognition for industry leader in fight against slavery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... effect in Australia at the start of the year. Carlsson-Sweeny's work has seen him visit factories in China, Cambodia and Bangladesh to thoroughly research risks of slavery in company supply chains. He developed a statement on modern slavery for Ausbil ...

Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... - adopting what leaders are doing in the field to mitigate risk. "We've done field trips to factories in China and Bangladesh in the past and recently we went to Cambodia. When you go on field trips you never get to see the worst factories, but that's ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... paid chief executives in Australia's clothing retail sector earn about $6 million a year on average, while women in Bangladesh making clothes sold by these brands take home a minimum wage of $974 a year - not enough to cover the basics, she added. Szoke ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... outcomes for poor communities in the Asia-Pacific to promote economic growth and reduce poverty. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a new approach to foreign aid that ...

Rubik signs with Pakistan bank

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
... network presence of 500 branches spanning 172 cities across Pakistan with an international presence in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, a wholesale banking unit in Bahrain and a representative office in the UAE. The bank services more than one million corporate ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... also helps to identify specific health "priorities" in a country. The first 18 countries to join the initiative are: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Morocco, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Solomon ...
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