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Australian Ethical awards $300,000 in grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... including animal welfare, conservation, women's empowerment, renewable energy, addressing homelessness and alleviating poverty. "Our company Charter isn't simply a guide for screening investments - it is the basis of our company culture," managing director ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... of Australia (CEDA) has said. CEDA chief executive Professor Stephen Martin said that the measure would help alleviate poverty in retirement. Speaking ahead of the release of a new report, 'The super challenge of retirement income policy', Martin said ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... with inadequate savings to fund a comfortable lifestyle in retirement, and almost 15% of women are likely to experience poverty in retirement. A new national money management and investment education program for regional women is also being launched ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Broderick said. The Human Rights Commission has found that single elderly female households experience the highest levels of poverty and are at the greatest risk of persistent poverty.

Top bankers get together for pro bono venture

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... mergers and acquisitions for the Adara Group, which will use the profits to help improve the lives of women and children in poverty in the developing world. Big names that joined the initiative include businessman and philanthropist David Gonski, former ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... average age of 57, which is 10 years junior to US and European billionaires." At the same time, 25% of them grew up in poverty, compared to 8% in the US and 6% in Europe. As a consequence, UBS and PwC anticipate Asia to be "the centre of new billionaire ...

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... controlled by age pensioners has the potential to be the solution to the rising cost of the age pension as well as reducing poverty among pensioners," noted the CIS. Meanwhile, at the other end of the political spectrum, the protest group Getup has released ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... on both the pension and superannuation tax concessions. "Such an increase in the pension rate would help to alleviate poverty among the aged," the report said. "Additionally, government assistance by income class would become more progressive than it ...

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Italy. Oxfam said extreme economic inequality is morally questionable, can have negative impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction and can multiply social problems. The charity is concerned that, left unchecked, the effects will lead to 'opportunity ...