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Perpetual increases NFP scholarships

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... 2011 over a quarter of organisations governed by participants in The Role of the Not-for-Profit Chairman course had no budget for training, and there were vast differences in the application of governance practices across the sector. Andrew Thomas, general ...

Dodd-Frank sees rise in virtual family offices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
Growing costs associated with Dodd-Frank compliance are making single family offices in the US less sustainable, with virtual and multi family offices in favour as a result. Those were among the findings reported by the Advanced Planning and Family ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... balance sheet. Double yippee! Wait there's more. They gave Madrid an extra year to - 2014 instead of 2013 - to reduce its budget deficit to 2.8% of GDP. According to reports, this would allow Spain to run a deficit of as much as 6.3% of GDP this year ...

It's more fun in the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... Increased government revenues also makes it feasible for the Aquino administration to make good on its target of reducing the budget deficit from 3.9% (when it assumed office in June 2010) to 2.6% this year and 2.0% in 2013 -- and these, without subjecting ...

NSW govt run annuity targets platforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... and proceeds will be placed into a central fund to finance infrastructure in the state. The recently released NSW State budget flagged plans to harness the nation's $1.3 trillion superannuation system to help finance infrastructure, freeing up government ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... to 3,051.68 points. Milan rose by 0.67 per cent, however, and Madrid gained 0.82 per cent as MPs passed a 2012 austerity budget. The euro retreated to $US1.2435 from late Wednesday's $US1.2467 in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed as a ...

US equities a gateway to emerging markets

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... bond-buying spree, driving up the value of American equities. Bush-era tax cuts also end on 31 December, creating a $600bn budget black hole dubbed 'the fiscal cliff' that if not dealt with, has some analysts predicting as much as three to five percentage ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... public treatment of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly generous and unfair. Osborne's argument is the cost of the ...

YBR hires EX-AFS chief

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... reported that Daly is suing Australian Financial Services (AFS) for unfair dismissal, after he was let go despite having a budget and business plan approved by the board. Daly said that downsizing was discussed before his departure from AFS, telling ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... clamp downs on the negatively geared property sector and the estimated $12 billion in annual tax concessions it costs the budget has just retreated even further. For the mass market, strategies for getting them into the housing market as early as possible ...