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Hunter Hall shares profits with charity

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
Hunter Hall International Limited (HHL) has donated $1 million, or five percent of its pre-tax profits this year, to charity, a decade-old tradition that has helped many animal conservation and other non-profit organisations along the way. HHL shareholders ...

LUCRF launches community trust

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
LUCRF Super has made charity work a key priority following the establishment a community partnership trust. John Lenders MP, Victorian treasurer and minister for financial services officially launched the trust at an event that was attended by over ...

Aus Ethical donates $1m to charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
Canberra based fund manager Australian Ethical announced it had donated more than $1 million into the community over the last ten years, after distributing $124,941 in its 2010 community grants program. The 2010 round of Australian Ethical community ...

PAS supports Paceline

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... Diabetes Institute and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. In August the Financial Planning Association held a charity golf day for the Rural Fire Service and the Future2 Foundation while AIST and Women in Super were the silver sponsor of the ...

Cyclists raise $85k for Future2 charity

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
Investment professionals Ray Griffin, Peter Bobbin and Roger Simionato rode into Sydney's Martin Place on Friday August 13, having completed a gruelling 1,250km ride from Bourke to Sydney. The ride, 44 cycling hours at average speed of 28.4kph, took ...

Managed fund for charity pays dividends

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund is yet to reach its $150 million goal but has already achieved its more noble goal - delivering a $45,000 cheque to charities each month. Two years on, the fund has pooled more than $40 million in funds under management ...

Planners cycle for charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
Two of the founding trustees of financial planning foundation, Future2, will cycle 1,250km from Bourke to Sydney to raise money for disadvantaged young Australians. The inaugural BT Future2 Wheel Classic is an initiative of Ray Griffin and Peter Bobbin ...

Finance lends hand to Operation Smile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... and Westpac were among the local financial services providers that supported the launch of Operation Smile Australia, a charity that helps children from developing countries who suffer from facial deformities. Operation Smile Australia sends volunteer ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Index show that 61.6 per cent of 400 clients surveyed have discussed wealth transfer strategies to their next-of-kin, charity or other beneficiary with their adviser. The index also showed clients who were helped by advisers on this topic were more satisfied ...

Cuffe charity fund tilts to growth assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Chris Cuffe has allocated money from the Third Link Growth fund to Perennial Investment Partners and Colonial First State Global Asset Management targeting A-REITs, soft commodities and global credit. Cuffe said the fund is aggressively positioned with ...