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Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... and women's issues as founding Chapter Leader for Lean In Singapore and as a grassroots leader in the community and schools. The sustainability specialist said unlocking climate finance can support the energy transition and scale essential energy ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... foundation in the US. The foundation is funding initiatives to increase graduation rates and providing support to public schools, particularly to assist in overcoming barriers facing Black and Latino students. The foundation is also working with farmers ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... will absolutely accelerate progress towards gender equality." Bhudia, who provides financial literacy presentations at schools, wants to eventually reach out to ethnic migrant communities and start delivering financial literacy education to women on ...

Housing construction lags broader economy by 49%: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... Master Builders has made it a priority to do our part in addressing skills shortages and we urge all students, parents, schools and those looking for a career change to check out the guide."

FICAP to support Aussie icon in 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... "Life Ed's giraffe mascot, Healthy Harold is an Australian icon. Alongside Life Ed, Healthy Harold has been visiting schools for 40 years to provide high quality health and wellbeing education," FICAP charity selection lead Ashleigh Cullen said. ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... action. Moreover, it recommended ensuring that students have access to quality, evidence-based financial education in all schools across Australia and continuing to engage in international initiatives addressing financial capability. "National strategies ...

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... offering. Additionally, a range of products including SMSF property finance, a Hajj savings fund, an educational fund for schools, and a Janazah (funeral) fund are scheduled for release in the latter half of 2024. Crescent Wealth managing director Talal ...

Plenary Group sells 49% stake to ADQ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... Middle East, and Central Asia. Plenary expanded to the Middle East in 2022, winning mandates that included the Zayed City Schools project. As part of the deal, ADQ will acquire shares from existing Plenary shareholders, including all those owned by Canadian ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... studies classes. He certainly won't be forgetting where he's come from, though. "If I can do something positive at the high schools I may work with, it will be to help reset the way we talk about financial literacy," Dunnin said. "Almost everything I've ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... economic outcomes for Aboriginal people and communities. Prior to that, Ward served as state manager of education at Catholic Schools NSW, where she championed educational equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the state and national ...
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