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Former UniSuper CEO joins UCA FM board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... 21 ASX-listed companies are excluded. UCA Funds Management seeks to positively screen companies that "invest in human welfare, dignity and respect, and for the general good." Currently the fund has $900 million in assets under management.

Savings trap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... The quest for that elusive surplus would bring about -- to oversimplify -- higher and broader taxes and less generous welfare in the days to come. If the Fed is in a taper trap, Australia could be heading into a trap of its own - a savings trap.

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... discouraged to work or now unemployable because they have been out of work too long. Negative for the US budget. More people on welfare. Even higher debt ceiling anyone? QE infinity anybody? Bad, bad data...good, good for taper then. Here we go again ...

Cut welfare, give savings to defence: UK minister

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... the national budget faces mounting aged care and pension costs, a leading UK government minister has proposed cutting welfare and diverting the savings to the police and armed forces. In a widely reported interview with the UK Telegraph newspaper, Work ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... ex-service organisations on this issue and in particular the Returned and Services League of Australia and the Defence Force Welfare Association. They added that they will continue to engage with service and ex-service organisations to consider the benefits ...

LGS takes stand on Bangladesh, gains MySuper licence

ALEX DUNNIN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Local Government Super, said, "We support the action being taken by brands and retailers to help improve worker safety and welfare. In signing the Investor Statement on Bangladesh, Local Government Super is taking a first - but important - step to support ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... wealth to charity, Nicola Forrest said: "It was like "child abuse" to leave too much to one's children. It's like a form of welfare. It means they don't have to get up in the morning to go to work". The Forrests are replicating US billionaires such as ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... change left over!" said GetUp! "The money that could be used to make massive overhauls in healthcare, education and social welfare is instead lining the pockets of those who already have enough." The action group is calling on Australians to sign a petition ...

TAL wins Life Company of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... quantitative perspective, the companies in the risk market including the contribution which life companies make to the overall welfare of the life industry," he said. Summary of Awards - Winners (finalists in brackets) Overall Platinum: TAL (OnePath ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012