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AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... philanthropic foundation is offering $2 million in grants for non-profits working to meet COVID-19's challenges in the community. To be eligible, the organisation must have annual income of less than $20 million, derive less than 70% of its annual income ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... COVID-19 response funding. Zurich said it has made a $1.4 million donation from the Z Zurich Foundation to help local community programs respond to increased demand. Zurich, in cooperation with Zurich Insurance Group's charitable foundation, the Z Zurich ...

Enquiry into lacklustre employee share schemes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... success. The costs and benefits of concessional taxation treatments, and deferred taxing points for options, to the broader community will also be considered. As will whether the current tax treatment of employee share schemes remains relevant to start-up ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... close to $150,000 to charity, despite the event having been postponed due to COVID-19. All 41 of the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 2020 sponsors have agreed to donate their respective event sponsorship fees to FICAP's three charity ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... different terms," Glover said. With heightened scrutiny on both public and private companies during the pandemic, the global community has become even more accustomed to expecting more from business leaders, Glover added. "Irrespective of the pandemic ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... much a grassroots initiative, going directly to those who need help and support and who need it now. Mota said the IOOF Community Offer will open up wealth management, in a time of need, to all Australians. "It is a tangible and meaningful approach to ...

Industry fund backs tobacco-free pledge

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... is to provide our members with the best possible long-term, sustainable returns while being a force for good in our community." Sustainable organisations deliver for members over the long term, she said. "That's why we joined the UN's Global Investors ...

MetLife Australia partners with Foodbank

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... will have a long term impact on people's health and wellbeing, and we want to have a deep an enduring impact on our community," MetLife Australia chief executive Richard Nunn said. "We hope this contribution to Foodbank Australia will help thousands ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... April 7 in seven prefectures (and later expanded to all of Japan on April 16) was invoke the Japanese' sense of community spirit and asked to limit social contacts by 70%-80%, for non-essential workers to work from home and companies to reduce shifts ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... guess that's reflective of change in the industry until this point," Glenfield said. "We want to see a strong advice community. I think the reduction in numbers can have any number of causes but a lot of it is coming from the restructuring of the ...