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Wilson AM commits to Pledge 1% philanthropy movement

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... our listed investment companies. We are also deeply committed to philanthropy and making a difference to the broader community," he said. "We do this in a number of ways. We have a program that allows our employees to spend one day each month working ...

Retirement income goal would solve super's issues: CSRI

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... overcome many of the problems plaguing the system - like poor targeting of tax concessions, excessive complexity, waning community support, limited sustainability and inadequate longevity risk management. "Yes, wealth accumulation is necessary for improving ...

DomaCom starts bookbuild for LGBTI retirement village

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... big parade this weekend, DomaCom has begun to bookbuild Australia's first purpose designed retirement home for the gay community. The Linton Estate in Ballan, Victoria, was founded by Peter Dickson, who has long had a vision for building a retirement ...

Challenger unveils new technical services scholarship

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... continuing education this year, the partnership will benefit a meaningful proportion of the financial services and advice community."

PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... "We are confident that our approach will prove successful with professionals, with early indications from the advisory community showing strong support for our new endeavour. "We are very pleased to be partnering with PPS (SA) on its first venture into ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The pre-budget cloud of ideas continues to thicken with Community Council for Australia chair Tim Costello advocating the federal government create an estate duty or death tax. Costello and the Council believe such a tax would generate more than $5 ...

Equity Trustees creates senior philanthropy role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... to 20 years research and evaluation experience, including 10 years in international development and four years in the community legal sector, which makes her a perfect fit for this role." Lovett added, "Emma's experience across a wide range of community ...

Industry fund flags DB issues in Fraser review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... administers three DB schemes that cover more than 100 local councils, water authorities, cemeteries, Parks Victoria and other community-based institutions. The schemes have more than 10,000 members. Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe said employers ...

FICAP returns to the Ivy for tenth anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is planning its biggest ever event for its milestone tenth anniversary charity bash. The annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar' event will return to the Ivy in Sydney following the success of last year's ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... funded by the government are also projected to more than double in real terms per person over the next 40 years. "The community expectation that the government will pay for aged care is clearly unsustainable. This highlights that not only will government ...