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More mums in the workforce: ABS

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... life satisfaction at 7.8 out of 10 - higher than 6.9 for single mums, but lower than eight out of 10 for women with no children. Full-time working mothers were most commonly employed in primary or secondary education, hospitals, and aged care. "The most ...

Government to increase SMSF member limit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... greater flexibility in structuring SMSFs. "This will especially benefit family groups who want to include parents and their children (and potentially their children's spouses) in a single SMSF," he said. "Currently, family groups may need to have multiple ...

2018 FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar' raises over $300k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... proceeds from event sponsorships, raffle ticket sales and silent auction go to three charities: Learning Links, which helps children with learning difficulties and disabilities; RAISE, which offers best practice youth mentoring programs and Mirabel ...

Aussie attitudes toward retirement shifting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Young age groups may be more focused on exciting lifestyle options. Young families often see the priority needs of their children to be more immediate and don't have discretionary spending or saving capacity," he said. He added that recent changes to ...

Housing affordability fuelling negative gearing backlash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... investing in property, with 79% of investors doing so to create an asset that could be passed on and 57% to provide their children with somewhere to live. Minimising the amount of tax they paid served as motivation to 74% of investors, though the biggest ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... Media Ventures Fund, which invests in early and growth stage media projects around the world. These include an animated children's series commissioned in Australia and scheduled for global distribution; a gaming company; a developer of virtual reality ...

Super funds call for SG increase to aid women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... existing super system. Helyar-Moray said a great disservice was done to the women of Australia who act as carers, either to children or older generations when creating the SG system in 1992. "The superannuation system failed to take this kind of worker ...

Staggering annuities can fund retirement shortfall

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... he began four years ago, rather than later is that it enables him to see how the money is spent - to help improve his children and grandchildren's quality of life. CommInsure head of annuities George Lytas, who also spoke at the briefing, said it's understandable ...

Fundraise like a RockStar

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... industry fundraiser. To date, FICAP has raised more than $1.56 million for charities that help disadvantaged youth and children. WATCH: Last year's FICAP 'Who Wants to be a RockStar' Video Recap This year FICAP hopes to repeat its success at the 12th ...

EQT names manager for major philanthropy client

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... she was director of partnerships and business development. Before that, she was director partnerships and investment at Children's Ground and corporate responsibility manager at PwC Australia. "I've been lucky to have worked with some of the cleverest ...