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Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... launched a new placement program for the younger generations of family foundations and PAFs designed to ignite philanthropic interest. The Immerse program involves taking six to eight people between the ages of 18 and 30 interested in gaining experience ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... (asset purchase programme) also last month and the Reserve Bank of Australia just lopped another 25 basis points off interest rates yesterday - the third this year following cuts of 50 bps and 25 bps in May and June, respectively - taking the official ...

ASIC releases proposed conflicted remuneration guidelines

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
ASIC has released proposed guidance on the conflicted remuneration ban, as part of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. The ban on conflicted remuneration includes commissions and volume-based payments in relation to advice about retail investment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Australian shares opened higher after strong overseas leads and hopes that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will deliver an interest rate cut. At 1019 AEST on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 16.8 points, or 0.38 per cent, at 4,405.4 ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... but they are". Well find out later today if Prof Garnaut's warning is enough to scare the RBA into chopping official interest rates. So what the heck are equity markets thinking? Why go up when they should be sliding? For the answer we have to go back ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... up 19 points at 4,413. In economic news on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia holds its October board meeting and interest rate decision. The RBA will also release its index of commodity prices for September. The RP Data Rismark September Home Value ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... for the National Day holiday, which observers hope will provide a chance for leaders to introduce measures such as an interest rate cut or a reduction in bank reserve requirements. Dealers have been awaiting action from MPs as the economy continues to ...

China slowdown hits rich list

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
China's 2012 Rich List released by the Hurun Report this week showed that for the first time since 2005 the number of USD-value billionaires in the country has declined, dropping by 20 over the past year to number 251. In another interesting indication ...

Strong premium growth countered by claims costs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... at KPMG said that these results reflect the impact of further severe weather events, increased reinsurance costs and interest rate reductions. "This confluence of factors has limited some of the benefit of premium increases," he added. Catastrophic losses ...

Innovative income fund pays dividends

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... Having been an advocate of after-tax investing for many years, Hamson says it extremely pleasing to see the significant interest shown in the fund so far. "With the shift from accumulation to pension phase we expect advisers, SMSFs and institutional ...