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Read more PETER REED | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 Australia's high marginal tax rates combined with the unique concessional attributes of the taxation system creates strong incentives for private wealth holders to focus on taxation issues as a very effective mechanism to increase investment returns ... Read more | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 How well do you know Islamic investment? Thomson Reuters and Crescent Wealth, the Australian Islamic investment manager, have launched an Islamic investment index for Australia to help open up this resource-rich market to Islamic finance investors globally. ... Read more TOM STEVENSON | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 Why an increase in global healthcare spend from $6 trillion in 2010 to $10 trillion in 2020 means the healthcare sector is one investment opportunity not to be ignored. Read more RAMIN TOLOUI | TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013 "Is now the right time to buy?" 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Read more DAVID WILSON | TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013 A family office is a private wealth management advisory firm that is established by an Ultra-UHNWI to manage their family's private wealth. Any firm that provides investment advice only to family members, is wholly owned and controlled by family ... Read more Technology PHIL BANAS | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 Wealth management in the age of the iPAD Read more Philanthropy TERESA ZOLNIERKIEWICZ | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 Tax data shows that overall giving in Australia has increased steadily over the past decade. Thanks to leadership from philanthropists such as Nicola and Andrew Forrest, and Graeme Tuckey, this rise looks set to continue. Read more ROBERT DUNN | TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013 It may seem contradictory, but it's true: businesses stand to benefit significantly from trying to solve social problems. Put forward by Harvard university professor Michael Porter and business leader Mark Kramer, the Creating Shared Value theory ... 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Most family offices intend to boost their allocations to Asia Pacific, excluding Greater China, over the next five years.
Bangarra Group awards real estate mandate
Family office Bangarra Group has appointed a real estate fund manager to help it build more than 3000 homes in the UK, of which one third will be dedicated to affordable housing.
Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045
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Viola Private Wealth executive chair, founding partner, and adviser Charlie Viola has worked hard to build his personal brand, and it shows. Viola's face is plastered across financial services media. This ubiquity, however, isn't without rhyme or reason. Andrew McKean writes.
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