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NFP directors not engaged in fundraising

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
Directors of not-for-profit (NFP) and charity organisations often play no part in fundraising for their organisations beyond making an annual donation, according to a new study co-funded by the Perpetual Foundation. Perpetual general manager of philanthropy ...

Retail MySuper to put NFPs on back foot

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... to rely on their traditional position as lower-cost providers. The focus on cost wrought by MySuper will therefore put many NFP funds on the defensive, forced into a position of having to justify the additional expense, despite the fact this will be ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... all US foundations with an impact investment strategy. Grants, despite forming the larger portion of working capital for the NFP sector, should actually be considered the riskiest activity a foundation engages in given they are fully expensed from the ...

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... and is currently being mooted in Canada, Gonski said of primary concern is a safe harbour provision for volunteers acting on NFP boards. "The concept of somebody being liable for the debts of a NFP when all they've been doing is trying to act properly ...

Perpetual increases NFP scholarships

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... not-for-profit board education and governance scholarships. The scholarships will be available to chairmen and directors of NFP boards and the increase follows community and NFP sector demand. Following Perpetual's decision, 440 scholarships will now ...

Education charities get philanthropy boost

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Distributions given to education charities by Perpetual will triple this year as part of their 2012 NFP funding round. In total $12.5 million in funding was allocated from discretionary trusts to charitable not-for-profit organisations. The education ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... conflicted and they're not independent," Brogden said. Meanwhile Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST has said that most NFP funds have anticipated these changes and that the association will be closely looking at the new requirements to ensure the ...

MySuper should engage with lifecycling: Cooper

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... lifecycle MySuper option. The survey, conducted by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, showed 60% of funds in the NFP sector were planning to re-badge their current default product with 74% of total funds surveyed saying asset allocation ...

Funds remain unconvinced on lifecycle MySuper product

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... be the model that many funds adopt for their MySuper product," said Fiona Reynolds, CEO of AIST. Over 60% of funds in the NFP sector reported that their MySuper product would be a re-badging of the current default option rather than creating a separate ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... and and a low of 100.82 US cents. The Australian dollar traded higher on the back of an encouraging US non-farm payrolls (NFP) report, which showed the world's largest economy added 192,000 jobs in February. Moreover, the US unemployment rate fell to ...