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FPA charity names new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Future2, the charitable foundation of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), has appointed Matthew Rowe as chair and added three new directors/trustees. Rowe has been the Future2 chair elect since 2014. He joined the Future2 board in ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... investments, £1.2 trillion ($2.5 trillion) in retail investment products and £400 billion ($830 billion) in public sector and charity investments.

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... Public Art Projects; a member of the advisory council at UNSW Medicine; an advisory finance committee member at Sisters of Charity; a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW) and an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Fund (AIEF). Lewin's ...

Australian Ethical awards $300,000 in grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... around us. The grants program is one way we are achieving this goal." One of the recipients is Free To Shine, an Australian charity committed to breaking the cycle of sex trafficking in rural Cambodia. "The $10,000 grant from Australian Ethical will ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... achieved a perfect score," Hutchison said. The benefit of taking the quiz is that correct answers help raise money for charity and so far more than $4,000 has been raised. The most correctly-answered topics included credit cards and home loans. Australians ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... outperform in volatile markets." He also thanked the industry for again contributing generously to raise money for its chosen charity - RedKite - where an estimated $50,000 was raised on the evening from pledges and ticket revenues.

Hostplus CEO joins ACSI board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... corporate/strategic planning and implementation. He also takes a leading role as a director of the men's health not-for-profit charity, The E.J.Whitten Foundation, and is a director of the Fund Executive Association. Elia told a recent Hostplus investment ...

Advisers key to encourage charitable giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... gift in their will, but financial advisers could help change that. According to Perpetual, 87% of Australians support a charity during their lifetime, but the percentage shrinks to 29% for people that want to leave a charitable gift in their will. Of ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... Financial Standard. JBWere's philanthropic services team was established in 2001 and is targeted at servicing the company's charity and not-for-profit clients as well as family offices interested in charitable causes. "I am excited to be leading a team ...

Arrive appoints BT veteran

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... he stepped down from his position at Advance in April to focus on Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities, the charity he continues to run with his wife. At the time, he criticised Australia's prevailing asset management philosophy for being ...