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Industry digs deep for children's charity

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
Fund managers and life insurance companies helped raise $10,000 for a children's charity at an annual conference hosted by PATRON Financial Advice. The annual conference took place in Hobart in March and featured a 'Sergeant at Arms' to fine delegates ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... executive Fiona Reynolds to call for new social policies addressing the needs of women who do take career breaks to have children or care for other family members. "Without change, women will continue to come up second-best in retirement," she said. ...

Japan shall overcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... newspaper Yumiuri Shimbun, as at August 2010 - the 65th anniversary of the bombing -- a total of 841,722 men, women and children have died (this includes those instantly vapourised and those that died later as a result of exposure to radiation). Needless ...

Intl wealth mgmt sector rallies

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... charity drives seeking a mix of appropriate goods and services with the beneficiaries being The Red Cross and Save The Children. All donations made by Macquarie staff to these appeals, or other aid efforts in relation to the disaster, will also be matched ...

Countdown to FICAP fundraising

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... an outreach organisation working with the youth and Bear Cottage, a hospice providing respite and palliative care to children and young people with life limiting illnesses and their families, are this year's beneficiaries. FICAP chair Marnie McLaren ...

Fin services execs rock 'n' roll for charity

... FICAP donated nearly $80,000 to its principal charity, Bear Cottage, a hospice providing respite and palliative care to children and young people with life limiting illnesses and their families. Brooke Partington, Fundraising Manager at Bear Cottage ...

AFA launch QLD flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... Victorian bushfires, in addition to significant funds raised for MS Research Australia, Make-A-Wish Australia and Save the Children. Contributions to the appeal can be made at http://www.afa.asn.au/members_qldfloods.php

Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
... 435K. For those who think this is a very silly excuse to go out and mortgage your house or pawn one (maybe all) of your children and bet on the market, you are not alone. How could you? Not with one week's great number. Not with a volatile stat. Not ...

Advisers of tomorrow are 'choice architects'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... into the next generation of wealth. The client with the problem is often not the person going into care but their adult children," said Biti. Advisers who specialise in this area can build a very good business, she said.

Simulate my retirement: Telstra Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... calculating one's retirement savings - introducing a new calculator that takes into account career breaks, having time off for children, and even a holiday to the Bahamas. The Telstra Super Simulator allows users to generate a realistic whole-of-life ...