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AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... numbers. It will also support initiatives providing new approaches to health and wellbeing as well as alternative access to education, the arts and technology. Capacity-building grants of up to $200,000 can be used for a range of purposes, including ...

MLC Wealth appoints chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... independent director of CIMB Group, an ASEAN universal bank. Additionally, he is deputy chair of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, deputy chair of Surfing Australia and is a member of the advisory board of 5V Capital Investors. Until recently ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Australian investors - including super funds and family offices - increased their exposures to clean energy, housing, education, health and conservation. The report shows 93% of those surveyed found their impact expectations are being met or exceeded ...

Former MLC super boss joins First Sentier

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... experience in businesses operating in a broad range of industries, including banking, insurance, wealth management, education services, health insurance, superannuation and technology. She also runs her own corporate advisory business advising boards ...

AustralianSuper bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... following stints as chief of staff and deputy chief of staff of the offices of the leader of the opposition and minister for education and workplace relations. Previously, Adams served as an industrial relations manager at Qantas and was a senior adviser ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... could also help boost spending. "Longer term, a more effective and lasting increase in wages could be achieved by better education and training to better skill workers," Keating said. "These proposed courses of action are not mutually exclusive. We will ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... had device and internet access. As a result, SHINE has been able to provide educational support via Zoom to ensure the education of its children doesn't suffer. "Our actions today have far-reaching impacts on a child's life. By providing them ...

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... FPA to focus on the core areas outlined in the MAC strategy - member engagement, public policy advocacy and consumer education," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. "As our five-year strategic plan was finalised it was natural to look at the team ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
IOOF has announced a new initiative that will see its network of financial advisers offer free financial guidance to local communities until the end of September. IOOF said it is providing fee relief to its advisers to volunteer 60 hours of their time ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... causes for that. We make sure the exam is fair across the board, not favouring one group over another. We sought to make education requirements that are fair," he said. Asked whether FASEA has undertaken any research into why so many advisers have left ...