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Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... allows for maximum benefit to be derived from the pool of assets available, Ragin told the 2012 Philanthropy Australia Conference, particularly when you consider the scale and leverage that can flow from these investments. There is also no need to compromise ...

Gonski calls for NFP director liability review

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
... Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), David Gonski told an industry event yesterday. Speaking at Philanthropy Australia's annual conference yesterday, Gonski described the concept of a company limited by guarantee as "antiquated at the least," and said ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2012
... positive close on Wall Street on Friday following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's speech at an international conference of global central bankers. At 0800 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 24 points at 4,332. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... the direction of monetary policy and stimulus measures at Friday's Federal Reserve annual gathering in Wyoming. The Conference Board reported its consumer confidence index dropped to a nine-month low of 60.6 for August, down from 65.9 in July. The S&P ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... Policy Department senior manager, Mark Chambers is scheduled to be a panel discussant at the Risk & Return Australia Conference 2012 in Sydney. In equities news, Goodman Fielder, Domino Pizza, Contact Energy, Ansell and GWA Group are due to post full ...

ASIC unveils primary school teaching package

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... mapped into the Australian National Curriculum. ASIC unveiled the MoneySmart Teaching package at a national education conference for primary school teachers held in Adelaide last week. A resource package for secondary schools is on track for release ...

Unprecedented nominations for AFA Advisers awards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... financial services," Clark added. The winner of the Female Excellence in Advice Award will be announced at the AFA National Conference at the end of October.

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... The ability of macro-level ESG issues to undermine investors' interest was a major theme raised at the recent UN PRI conference, said Domagala. The conference - held in Rio De Janeiro last month - was attended by many of Australia's superannuation funds ...

Online speed nurtures consumer trust

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... are seeing that propensity to transact online is speed," said Lund, speaking at the recent Financial Services Council conference. "I have no doubt that the reason Google is so successful in Australia is because we have really poor broadband speeds and ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... raised at the session that tackled the question of "advice as a profession" at a recent Financial Services Council conference. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said, Baby Boomer advisers are great with clients ...