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Bill Gross donates $867m to charity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... jumped straight into the list of the world's most generous philanthropists after giving US$700 million ($867 million) to charity. Gross told Bloomberg Television that he is planning to donate the remaining of his fortune, estimated at US$2 billion ($2.4 ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... paupers." After leaving Advance, Stephen plans to dedicate his time to Volunteers to Assist Children with Disabilities, the charity he runs with his wife. "I was raised on a tea plantation, and I often visit my Mum and Dad who are buried in the churchyard ...

Challenger boutique nominated for three Investor's Choice awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... Choice Awards 2015 are supporting Action Medical Research. This will be a most valuable contribution to the work of the charity, and I hope it will be a very happy and successful occasion."

FICAP Rockstar winners announced

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... much fury as the original. Held at The Ivy, this year's Rockstar event saw FICAP reach its goal of raising $1 million for charity by 2016. Proceeds will be distributed between The Shepherd Centre, Redkite's Support a Young Person Program and Weave's ...

Australia's coming $32bn SIB sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... impact bonds (SIB). SIBs, also sometimes called Social Benefit Bonds, work when a sponsoring group, usually an established charity of social ventures organisation, develops a social capital program that aims to reduce government welfare expenditure if ...

FICAP gives support to The Shepherd Centre charity

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has brought The Shepherd Centre on board as its newest charity partner. The Shepherd Centre joins Redkite and Weave Youth & Community Services as FICAP's chosen charities in 2015. Since 1970, The ...

AFA appoints Inspire chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... and partner donations at various events over the past year which is continuing to be distributed among several chosen charity partners. The AFA supports the Make-A-Wish foundation, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia ...

Regal named Australian hedge fund of the year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... their 12th year the awards were handed out at Hedge Funds Rock, an event that also raises funds for children's cancer charity Cure Our Kids. Regal took home the Australian hedge fund of the year for its Regal Atlantic Absolute Return Fund, beating out ...

Harvard receives record-breaking donation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... including Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Tax Office data, plus more current information from individual charity appeals and the NAB Charitable Giving Index.