Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1 - 10 of 132 results for "Indigenous"

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
The total superannuation found by First Nations Foundation on behalf of Indigenous Australians now comes in at $25.2 million. In 2023, the foundation reconnected First Nations people with $1.2 million, bolstering the total found. The superannuation ...

Super funds convene with assistant treasurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... into the government's digital verification service. This discussion also floated the idea of legally recognising Indigenous kinship arrangements and culturally adopted children as death beneficiaries. As previously reported by FS Sustainability ...

First Nations Groups launch scholarship for Indigenous women in financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
First Nations Economics and First Nations Foundation, two Indigenous organisations dedicated to economic empowerment, have launched a $120,000 scholarship program targeted at women studying finance and business. The Leah Armstrong Scholarship will grant ...

VFMC selects new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... She also sits on the National Gallery of Victoria's council of trustees. Previous roles include deputy chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation, chair of ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel, and chair of Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia. In her executive ...

NAB commits to $1bn of lending to boost First Nations businesses

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... hopefully we will beat that and go further." In its loan selection process, NAB will assess businesses that are 50-51% Indigenous owned while maintaining a commitment to responsible lending practices. "From a banking requirements point of view, we're ...

Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... Australians Capital (FAC) managing partner Benson Saulo wants to see financial institutions come to the table and back the Indigenous business sector. Ahead of the launch of FAC's Catalytic Capital Impact Fund which aims to support Indigenous-led ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... months. "Something it took our predecessors more than three years to achieve," he said. "Yet the employment rate for our Indigenous brothers and sisters continues to lag badly behind; in fact, it hasn't shifted much in 30 years despite all the goodwill ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... employers, unions, and the tertiary education sector to scope out the needs of different parties. A plan to collaborate with Indigenous representative body the Coalition of Peaks and other First Nations stakeholders to scope an economic partnership is ...

First Australians Capital appoints managing partner, receives $9m backing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
... commences the role effective immediately, will be responsible for facilitating private investment and capital into Indigenous businesses, as well as increasing impact within the Indigenous economy through corporate development and advisory services. ...

Super tough sell for First Nations people: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... First Nations Foundation chief executive Phil Usher says superannuation is inadequate for meeting the needs of all Indigenous Australians, adding that change is needed to ensure better future outcomes. Going into detail, Usher said the system's architecture ...
PREVIOUS
NEXT