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Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... wouldn't want alcohol production to cease," Carter said. Earlier this year the Australian National University (ANU) drew student backlash after altering its commitment to SRI - a move whereby the university reinvested a portion of its $320 million investment ...

Industry supports super threshold removal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... hospitality and nursing, who are missing out on around $125 million of superannuation contributions each year. "For a student aged 19 working part time for five years and earning $4000 a year, missing out on SG means losing out on $1900 in superannuation ...

Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... average, ranking fifth from 15 countries. According to a statement released by ASIC, the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study evaluated the financial literacy of 15-year-olds from 15 countries, and their ability to understand ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is rejecting claims Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 Budget is anything like a 'Labor Budget.' Shorten went on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding ...

Pre-retirees robbing Peter to pay Paul: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... January next year as part of the Federal Government's overhaul of the higher education sector. Under the proposed changes, student fees will rise 7.5% by 2021, meaning a price hike of between $2000 and $3600 for a four-year course. Hill says that while ...

Netwealth backing financial literacy in schools

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... concepts, while integrating with existing classroom programs to improve financial literacy, organisational skills and increase student engagement. Students perform classroom tasks or services to earn virtual money which they can choose to save, spend ...

Private equity firm secures Telstra site for student housing

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Student accommodation continues to be an attractive asset class in Australia following the most recent purchase from a global private equity fund manager. Gaw Capital purchased the Telstra Building in Perth's CBD through one of its several funds under ...

Bridges partners for financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
Bridges Financial Services has partnered with The Smith Family to help deliver a financial education program to disadvantaged high school students. The two-year, $300,000 partnership will help equip 4000 students from low-income families with money ...

CSC and Infratil back student accommodation

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Purpose-built student accommodation is showing its hand as an emerging asset class with two large investors closing a deal with the Australian National University (ANU) this week. ANU has awarded both the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... limits the availability of later-stage investment capital for promising Australian businesses, and at the same time, denies super fund members highly attractive returns," AVCAL said in a statement. Releasing AVCAL's policy blueprint for the federal government ...