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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 ...

Instos target affordable housing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... "demontration fund" and the second is a $300 million fund, which will source institutional mandates for funding. Kerans said using NFP housing providers meant "we are able to produce a pure property return". "The return that is generated from residential ...

NFP super beats retail over 10 yrs

Not for profit superannuation funds outperformed retail master trusts by more than 2 per cent per year in the past 10 years, new research found. Rainmaker Information modelling found a worker in a not-for-profit super fund earning $50,000 with $50,000 ...

Not-for-profit super funds reign

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... that was launched today at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, said lower fees and charges frame only part of the NFP sector's success story. Appointed and representative trustees have also driven the disparity between the two sectors' performance. ...

Direct property shines in NFP funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Not-for-profit super funds have continued to outperform over the past year as a result of their high allocations to direct property, according to Rainmaker Information. "Our research has shown not-for-profit funds have increased their lead because of ...