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Family Office

Future Generation donates $4.71m to charity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Listed philanthropic vehicle Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) has donated $4.71 million to Australian charities.

ETF pioneer donates $100m to ANU

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Australian commodities trader and exchange traded fund pioneer Graham Tuckwell and his wife Louise will donate $100 million to the Australian National University.

Family office patriarchs need to know when to let go

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Family offices benefit in the long run when a leader learns how to transition over to the next generation, according to Mutual Trust client services director Brad Simmons.

Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Family offices are spending up to 75% of its time on reporting due to inefficiencies, according to research from the Family Office Exchange.

Boomers driving interest in PAFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Baby boomers are driving an increase in the establishment of private ancillary funds (PAFs) following liquidity events such as the sales of a business, according to national accounting and advisory firm William Buck.

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
A former super fund chief executive, a technology venture capitalist, a private wealth management expert and a financial services company CEO joined forces to uncover some of the country's outstanding philanthropic initiatives.

Majority of family offices move to direct investing: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Over two thirds of US family offices (69%) are currently engaging in direct investing, according to the 2016 Family Office Exchange Global Investment Survey.

Blue Sky funds Australian wine venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Blue Sky Venture Capital has financed the first capital raise for wine website Vinomofo, committing $25 million to support overseas growth for the Australian business.

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
The Packer Family Foundation and Crown Resorts have announced an eight year commitment to a new arts education initiative in Perth and Melbourne.

Charities must go corporate or face extinction: Koda

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
Australian charities must make corporate-minded changes or risk facing extinction, according to wealth manager Koda Capital.