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Big companies dig deep

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
Australian corporates have contributed over $150 million to support the community during COVID-19, according to new analysis form Strive Philanthropy. The research focused in on Australia's 50 leading corporate givers from its latest GivingLarge dataset ...

500 advisers exit during COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the Statement of Advice, it's everything. It's so hard.... And it's harder for people in the country and in regional Australia." However, Tynan did say there has been a silver lining in the COVID-19 crisis for some financial advisers who have seen clients ...

Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
Members of Regional Australia Bank and Holiday Coast Credit Union voted in favour of merging the banks in separate special general meetings this week. The vote resulted in over 90% of members agreeing to a resolution that will now see one of the largest ...

Superannuation fund chief accepts new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... leading products and services, deliver strong and consistent long-term returns, and have a passion for rural and regional Australia," Smerdon added.

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... educating retail investors on fixed income has been a challenge for the boutique and he does road shows around regional Australia to connect with them. "If you go to a barbecue in Europe, people will talk about whether they should buy a US 10-year treasury ...

Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... opportunities for delivering aged care services in the context of changing demographics, including in remote, rural and regional Australia; Any other matters that the Royal Commission considers necessary.

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... serve their clients." Rainmaker analysis shows there are currently 88 sole practitioner advice practices in regional Australia operated by an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning. A further 63 single adviser practices sit outside of capital ...

Queensland industry funds merge

HARRISON WORLEY AND JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... signed a Successor Fund Transfer Deed. Both established 30 years ago, AustSafe is the super fund for rural and regional Australia with more than 100,000 members. Sunsuper is the fastest growing fund in Australia with about 1.3 million members and $55 ...

First Super appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... capacity," Watson said. "As a fund which has a significant proportion of its members living and working in rural and regional Australia, we welcome the highly relevant perspectives and diversityChatfield brings to First Super. "Tim's appointment brings ...

DomaCom to ease issue of retirement funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... update were plans to further explore commercial crowdfunding opportunities, principally social infrastructure in regional Australia. DomaCom said regional entertainment infrastructure such as cinemas and brasseries demonstrate particular appeal, with ...