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2019 BCCM SUMMIT
FULLY BOOKED: Australia’s only cross-sector business summit for co-operative and mutual leaders.
The theme of the 2019 Summit is: Growth and opportunity for CMEs in the era of accountability.
The Summit incorporates the renowned Taste of Australia Industry Dinner and annual BCCM Honour Roll, Breakfast on the Hill, Chairs’ Forum and an offsite tour.
2019 BCCM SUMMIT
FULLY BOOKED: Australia’s only cross-sector business summit for co-operative and mutual leaders.
The theme of the 2019 Summit is: Growth and opportunity for CMEs in the era of accountability.
The Summit incorporates the renowned Taste of Australia Industry Dinner and annual BCCM Honour Roll, Breakfast on the Hill, Chairs’ Forum and an offsite tour.
WHAT IS A COOP?
Co-operatives and mutuals are owned by their members and therefore accountable to them, not distant shareholders or investors. Co-op or mutual member-owners can be customers, employees, residents or small businesses, such as farmers.
What is a Coop?
Co-operatives and mutuals are owned by their members and therefore accountable to them, not distant shareholders or investors. Co-op or mutual member-owners can be customers, employees, residents or small businesses, such as farmers.
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BCCM News & Media
CUA prepare ground to issue new financial instrument in Australia
AGMs approve constitutional changes to facilitate growth investment without compromising mutual ownership. CUA joins three other mutuals that made these changes last week.
ASIC clarifies its role in co-op fundraising
In a major step forward for co-ops, ASIC advises it has no supervisory role in fundraising under Co-operatives National Law. ASIC has advised the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) it has no supervisory role in the offer of securities by CNL...
AFR Letters: Member ownership keeps mutuals honest
BCCM CEO, Melina Morrison, had her letter to the Editor published in today's Australian Financial Review (AFR): The idea that mutuals are a cottage industry is amusing but passe. Far from being ‘‘the touchy-feely socialists of the corporate world’’ (‘‘Nice little...