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FICAP 2020 weeks away

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... negative effects of parental imprisonment on children and young people. At present, there are about 77,000 children whose parents are incarcerated in Australia. Last year's event raised more than $300,000 for Raise, Learning Links and Starlight. ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Doyle argued low interest rates are sabotaging any chance Millennials had of being able to reproduce the returns their parents gained from property. "Given the current high level of Australian house prices relative to incomes, without higher wages growth ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

Aussies unprepared for wealth transfer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... an estate plan in place. New research from Perpetual shows 56% of Australians do not have a will in place, with 53% of parents admitting to not discussing their will and legacy with their children. Perpetual Private general manager of private clients ...

Use 401k to pay student debts: US senator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... dreams they studied hard to achieve, and grow their retirement savings," said Paul. He said under the plan a family of two parents and a child could put over $15,000 in pre-tax funds in one year towards tuition or student loan repayment. As the system ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... adviser informed by her own experiences as her son has autism. She shared some of her experiences with clients who are the parents of disabled children, and noted that often advisers will be dealing with single parents. "Unfortunately, the statistics ...

FICAP announces 2020 charity partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... thrilled to welcome SHINE for Kids to the FICAP family. They are such an important advocate for the 77,000 children whose parents are incarcerated in Australia today," McLaren said. April Long, SHINE for Kids' national programs manager said: "The FICAP ...

BetaShares to list new diversified ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... funds is exceptionally broad. For example, we have many enquiries from younger investors who don't know where to start, parents who are seeking a solution that is simple to use and low cost so they can start investing for their children, and more sophisticated ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... worked his way up to being a director of the group. There was no wealth as such. We had a comfortable existence, and my parents were willing to give us good education. The rest of it was up to us. I believe even if we had children, our approach to building ...

ASIC casts doubt over Dollarmites

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... CBA's Dollarmites is the most prolific of the programs in question, it is sure to attract some comments from concerned parents. Choice consumer advocate Jonathan Brown said: "The Dollarmites program is a thinly veiled marketing program to turn our kids ...