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Fin services execs rock on for charity

... The annual event: 'Who wants to be a Rockstar' will raise money for the NSW children's hospice, Bear Cottage, and child welfare group, Australian Childhood Foundation, this year. "It's an unusual function - it's one of the few events where all your competitors ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... government spending support and the economy risks going into retreat. Weak economy equal less tax revenue equals more welfare spending equals higher deficit. More -- and as what we are seeing in Greece right now - customs officers and tax collectors ...

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Maple-Brown was recognised for his executive roles in a number of charitable organisations including the arts, health, welfare and medical research. Meanwhile, Hall, executive chair at Hunter Hall, received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for ...

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... manufacturing economy will filter through to jobs, kick start consumer spending, raise government revenues and reduce welfare spending and narrow budget deficits. It's such a rosy scenario isn't it? And like my favourite model Rachel Hunter once said ...

Disability review assesses role of insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... new scheme would fit in the country's health, aged care and injury insurance system. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare research found around 2.3 million Australians will have a high level of disability by 2030. The announcement follows an increase ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... commission-based fees for financial planners, noted a joint press release. Members of the coalition include ISN, ACTU, Choice, welfare group ACOSS, and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In a full page open letter in a daily ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... going to pay for the US$1,400,000,000,000 -- and growing -- budget deficit? Taxes will increase sharply in the future and welfare services sharply reduced. Pooped! What's the alternative? For the government to do nothing and watch as the economy crumbles? ...

Prevention better than the cure: Asteron

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... financial advisers can talk to their clients about insurance. "This is about taking a genuine interest in the client's [welfare] rather than just taking a premium and waiting for a claim," said Hawke. "Insurance has got to be beyond a transaction. It's ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... relevant material from the report, alongside the outcome of the Henry Review, will influence the Government's likely tax and welfare (including Age Pension) reforms. In a separate development, Treasurer Swan also launched a new index that measures the ...

Blame the banks for the crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... redundancies might be over, labour market conditions are still dire. Datamonitor said that the triple whammy of increased social welfare expenditure, reduced income tax receipts and depressed VAT receipts will be a real challenge to the UK economy.