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Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... month of Mardi Gras celebrations, Virgin Super is cutting "unfair fees" charged to parents and same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" will benefit an estimated ...

Fin services execs rock on for charity

... industry while raising money for charity. The annual event: 'Who wants to be a Rockstar' will raise money for the NSW children's hospice, Bear Cottage, and child welfare group, Australian Childhood Foundation, this year. "It's an unusual function - it's ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... and spending" in response to the 2009 budget. The overriding theme of which is that the government is mortgaging our children's future. K-Rudd has now been proven right in giving them the finger and might be now telling them to "eat my shorts!" The improvement ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille. With four hungry children and crops in the field. I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times, But this time the hurting won't heal. You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille." --Kenny Rogers ...

VISSF appoints mandate with State Trustees

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... pensions. Others were also seeking direction on applying for the First Home Buyers Grant, planning for the education of children, wealth creation and family trusts, among others. "The arrangement with State Trustees will fill a gap between this general ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... won't be going into the debt anymore. What happened? The GFC happened. Now Australians are worried about mortgaging their children's future. But even this has changed. Newspaper reports that the RBA will deliver a A$6 billion dividend to the government ...

Industry awards top hedge funds in 2009

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... Hedge Fund Industry Awards, an event that recognised the country's top-performing hedge funds while raising money for children's cancer charity, Cure Our Kids. Taking the top award as Australian Hedge Fund of the Year was Fortitude Capital whose fund ...

Channel swimmer named Actuary of the Year

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... swam the English Channel in just over 12 hours and in doing so raised more than $160,000 for the oncology unit at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. The Actuary of the Year is awarded to someone who has made a key contribution to the business, the ...

LGsuper expands options

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... year, LGsuper's trust deed required the fund's board of directors to prioritise a member's spouse, financial dependent children or estate when paying out death benefits. But things have now changed following amendments to the trust deed - effective 1 ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... central banks to curtail their spending because ballooning sovereign debts and deficits would mortgage the future of our children and our children's children. Heck, Standard & Poor's even made the headlines when it warned that it could downgrade the ...