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AdviserEdge kicks off with "live build"

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... advice for families who have a child diagnosed with cancer. Latz, who is also the chairperson of the Cure Our Kids cancer charity, said that he set up the practice to help them "get through the other end with their finances intact. "The foundations for ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
"Never underestimate the power of optimism". I've never forgotten this slogan since children cancer charity "Camp Quality" advertised it on Victorian (Australia) television some years back. A click on its website shows that this slogan has now been ...

Get set for FICAP's 'Who wants to be a RockStar' tonight

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
In a few short hours the wait will be over as the financial services industry rocks out in the name of charity at the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's (FICAP) annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar event'. Tonight's event will see 10 budding RockStars ...

Auction items for FICAP announced

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... offered up from the charities which are Redkite, Weave and YWCA NSW. Besides the Sydney Swans SCG prize Redkite, a cancer charity which supports children and young people with cancer, is also auctioning a three-hour F1 racing simulator corporate team-building ...

AFA Foundation appoints AIA exec as new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... chairperson of the AFA foundation. The Foundation encourages AFA members to raise funds and awareness for the organisation's charity partners. The previous chairperson was Esther Althaus, who took up the role in March 2013 at the same time she resigned ...

EQT charitable trust distribute over $14.5 million

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... perpetual charitable trust doesn't need to be expensive or complicated and is a way to more meaningfully support a chosen charity, than ad hoc donations."

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... 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 capture' - in which the lowest tax rates, the best ...

Start structured giving with just $20,000

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013

FICAP confirms Weave as new charity partner

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) has appointed Weave and its Kool Kids Club as charity partner for 2014. FICAP and Weave's partnership will last three years and will help the charity develop its educational and prevention programs ...