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Philanthropy takes centre stage: Trust

... out there, not just PPFs," said Clare Stanford, Trust's head of philanthropy. Russell and Webb are just two of many Australians who have contributed to the country's growing $11 billion philanthropic sector, an industry that is largely overlooked by ...

Super funds need to educate members: Quadrant

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006

... financial literacy campaign& It's now time for industry to provide consumers with value added services to ensure all Australians have access to an adequate retirement income." Quadrant introduced financial advice for its members in 2002 and currently ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006

... after fees and taxes, which after all is the bottom line for investors," said Weaven. This is so important because Australians are now able to choose where to park their superannuation savings and they need information that helps them makes direct comparisons ...

Consumers want more savings but have nothing to save

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006

... seeing no savings at all.. Andrew Barlow, chief executive of Max Super, said, "It would seem that the majority of Australians lack a disciplined approach to saving, [and] we wanted to understand the extent to which they are whittling their pay packets ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006

... insurance(30 per cent) and couples with children were the most likely to (55 per cent). Of the 3.2 million adult aged Australians who smoked daily, the proportion not having private health cover was consistently about 20 per cent less than non-smokers ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006

In debates about advice, regulation and meeting consumer needs, the toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary ...

UniSuper flags $1b property spend

UniSuper is the latest megafund to flag it will invest at least $1 billion in unlisted property over the next five years, enough firepower to acquire 100 per cent or majority stakes in buildings, an investment strategy once the exclusive domain of fund ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006

... Training has produces a report funded by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum that has found that there are about 540,000 young Australians not in full-time work or learning. Of this number 330,000 were unemployed, working part-time or under-employed. About 37 ...

AIG Life appoints head of group insurance

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006

AIG Life has appointed a former AustralianSuper executive as the new head of group insurance. Damien Green, the former AustralianSuper general manager of business development, will now head up AIG Life's group insurance division. Green said his focus ...

MLC announces free insurance upgrades

HAMISH MADDEN | THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006

... conditions where a new or partial payment will be made. "Critical Illness cover has never been more important for Australians with males having a two in five chance and women having a one in four chance of suffering a critical illness between the age ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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