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Sunsuper harnesses Facebook reach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... to communicate with tech-savvy members. The Brisbane-based superannuation fund invites users to submit videos of their children talking about their dreams for the future and then share them with friends to attract friends in a major new advertising campaign ...

The rally that no one's enjoyed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... feels that way, doesn't it? Or as him, the more famous one - Homer Simpson - said, "When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something." This is because for every up move, there lies that nagging ...

Decouple next-gen education from estate planning conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... needs to begin much earlier," Hewison said whose firm holds regular investor education evenings often attended by the children of some clients. "Teaching children to stand on their own two feet is very different from preparing a family for the transfer ...

FICAP partners with Redkite

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
Redkite, an organisation supporting children and young people with cancer and their families, has been chosen as FICAP's primary charity partner for 2013. The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) Committee selected the charity from a number ...

Media Super funds film

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... that has been jointly funded from a film finance facility that it participates in. "The film titled 'not suitable for children' is one of a series of local film & TV productions that Media Super helps finance. It is always satisfying to see when Australian ...

Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
At a time when Baby Boomers are suffering a sharemarket hammering, fewer GenY children now expect financial assistance with the purchase of their first home than in previous years, according to RaboDirect. According to the latest RaboDirect National ...

Census 2011: Australia is changing, and fast

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... challenges for any sections of it unwilling to adapt. For example, Australians are wealthier, getting older, having fewer children, earning more money, spending more on housing, and all this while we are transitioning into a rainbow Eurasian people ideally ...

As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... companies to keep up." Driving mobile internet usage, which will increasingly flow into tablet usage, is that 80% of children under the age of 15 already regularly access the internet, notes analysis from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Social Trends ...

Optimistic outlook for industry growth: Research

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... (18.4%). The least likely growth segment was singles (2.3%) closely followed by those under 30 (3.1%) and double income, no children households (DINKS) (3.1%). AIA Australia's General Manager - Life Insurance, Damien Mu, said the survey results had brought ...

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... difficult." According to Harkin the forced sale or transfer of the asset could see certain beneficiaries, such as adult children, liable for very sizable death benefit and capital gains tax liabilities. "This could be as much as 20% or more of the property's ...