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Engaged members expect more from super

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... via social media is the way to go. More than a quarter (28%) of males value the opinion of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. Stake founder and chief executive Matt Leibowitz said young Australians are "hacking" financial advice and investing. "Young ...

PGIM invests in property VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... built-to-rent. It currently has 15 investments that include CarbonCure, which is backed by the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures. PGIM Real Estate managing director and global head of innovation Sara Shank said the ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among the household names that had their Twitter accounts hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. The official Twitter accounts of many notable people, including former President Barrack Obama ...

Macquarie boss joins climate change commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... executive designate Shemara Wikramanayake has been named a commissioner for a global climate change initiative, alongside Bill Gates and Ban Ki-Moon. The Global Commission on Adaptation was launched at The Hague yesterday with the aim of catalysing a ...

Advice clients demand philanthropic conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... excited about philanthropic initiatives, quashing the notion it is reserved only for the mega-rich of the world such as Bill Gates or multi-million dollar causes. In the last five years people have increasingly moved away from larger charitable organisations ...

La Trobe Financial Standard Philanthropy Awards judging panel announced

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... of boards and been involved with a range of not-for-profits in the health, arts and philanthropic sectors. Once on Bill Gates's senior executive team at Microsoft in the US, Petre is arguably Australia's best-known technology investor. His ecorp, netus ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Rinehart could become the world's richest person. However, there is plenty of ground to make up, with Microsoft founder Bill Gates soaring back to the top spot after a four-year break with a net worth of $A85.4 billion. Gates displaced Mexican telecommunications ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2014
... announcement on a new chief executive and a handful of corporate results bested expectations. Microsoft said founder Bill Gates was stepping down as chairman to become a technology adviser and Satya Nadella, head of its cloud-computing division, would ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... The computing giant's shares soared 7.3 per cent to $34.75 on Friday as Ballmer, who succeeded Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in 2000, said the company would search for a new leader who can take charge of its "transformation to a devices and services ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... have to get up in the morning to go to work". The Forrests are replicating US billionaires such as Microsoft founder Bill gates and investor Warren Buffett, who have signed a pledge to give away much of their wealth. Business Roger Massey-Green and his ...
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