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How wealthy families protect assets no matter what

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... against risks to reputation, Pfeifer said there were several elements to be considered above all else. "Be strict with your children, make sure they grow up with good morals and good habits. You never know what might come up that might affect a wealth ...

Westpac appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... international non-government organisation Adara Group. The group's focus is on improving health and education for women, children and communities living in extreme poverty. In 2016 Exel was named Australia's leading philanthropist by Philanthropy ...

New chair for AIA Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... Australia, the Australian Science Media Centre, the Faculty of Business and Economics at Melbourne University, the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, the Shared Value Project and the NHMRC Centre for Personalised Immunology at ANU and the ARC Centre ...

Family offices should supplement super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... said. "Wealthier families seeking to maintain their standard of living in retirement, and still be able to help their children financially, could seek an alternative strategy, such as the establishing of a personal investment company." An investment ...

Platform cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... offering for super and pension clients, as well as provide a profitable service to the typically lower balance adult children of existing clients," Wealth02 managing director Shannon Bernasconi said. "Super Simplifier gives members the personalisation ...

Aussie charities robust prior to COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Donations mostly went to the general community in Australia via the work of religious charities. The next beneficiaries were children aged six to 15 (11%), other charities (5%) and families (4%). Interestingly, the number of volunteers in the sector ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The children of those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are likely to be significantly worse off financially than their parents, with the intergenerational wealth gap only widening. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Taylor Fry principal ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... long Australian women have paid the 'motherhood penalty' for the time they take out of the workforce to care for children. More needs to be done to improve their retirement outcomes. Paying super on paid parental leave is an easy and obvious ...

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... employees can be used for up to five years but this then runs out, which disadvantages women who have taken time out to raise children. There is no good policy reason why this cannot be changed. "Third, employers might wish to make higher contributions ...

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage. Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives," they said. "We ...