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CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... desperate for a financial boost. It's a first in the program's 100-year history, with CBA employees giving away more than 200 grants valued at $10,000 each. Previously, the program had focused on supporting youth organisations. CBA head of community ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
AMP's corporate philanthropic foundation is offering $2 million in grants for non-profits working to meet COVID-19's challenges in the community. To be eligible, the organisation must have annual income of less than $20 million, derive less than 70% ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... the funding allocation is being shared across Zurich's primary charity partners in Australia and New Zealand and smaller grants divided between 16 other charities. Linda Griffin, Zurich Australia head of corporate affairs and community, said: "The intention ...

Lowe snaps back at critics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... Australian economy as a whole we have taken into account that there will be a material rebuilding effort and that government grants and insurance payments will assist many people," Lowe said. "On this basis, our assessment is that GDP growth for 2020 ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... government bond rate - currently around 0.6 per cent," it reads. The piece continues: "Building on the disaster recovery grants put in place by state governments, the federal government will also provide top-up grants to eligible small businesses and ...

Industry digs deep amid bushfire crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... from their homes access to cash and ongoing support. NAB customers who have lost their home can immediately access $2000 grants to help cover the costs of temporary accommodation, food and clothing. "I have heard the grief in our bankers' voices as they ...

ASIC grants compliance scheme relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
ASIC will grant AFS licensees with relief from the obligation to ensure their financial advisers are covered by a compliance scheme. As part of the government's decision late last week to accelerate the establishment of a single disciplinary body for ...

AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... she said. She explained that in the 2019 financial year the foundation partnered with 33 charities, giving each of them grants of varying size. The AFA Foundation aims to support charities all over Australia, Lacheur said. In the last year, its donation ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The $154 billion sovereign wealth fund voted against equity grants to Pinnacle Investment Management's managing director Ian Macoun and two executive directors, a summary of its proxy voting for FY19 shows. Future Fund was happy to support re-election ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... foundation eventually double its $200,000 annual grant target. "We have an ambitious target to increase our distribution in grants to $200,000 in 2019. We would like to see this annual amount double to $400,000 per annum," Churcher said. "It is an ambitious ...