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Budget 2024: Change to foreign investment rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is focused on changing the way the nation attracts and deploys investment. "We will create a front door for investors to accelerate and coordinate transformational projects, establish a domestic National Interest ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Albanese government is investing $2.2 billion to reform the aged care sector and close to $500 million to put the NDIS back on track. The government has said it will invest $531.4 million to offer an additional 24,100 Home Care Packages next financial ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... to be worth about $3.5 trillion in 2023," Chalmers said. "To make our economy even more prosperous and productive, to safeguard our national security and to make the most of the defining decade ahead, we need to get our investment settings right."

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... respondents identify financial security as an area they wish to improve, highlighting the work we must do as an industry to safeguard retirees' golden years and foster a better, happier retirement. "Reassuringly retirees felt their happiness would improve ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... Total and Permanent Disability (TPD). The previous government's PYS measures, effective from 1 July 2019, aimed to safeguard Australians' superannuation from being eroded by unnecessary fees and insurance costs. It introduced fee adjustments ...

How advisers protect themselves from 'rogue' clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... expert. Peter Bobbin, a consultant lawyer at Sydney-based Bobbin Lawyers, highlighted several methods advisers can use to safeguard themselves not only when dealing with clients but as early as the onboarding process. Bobbin told delegates on day three ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court has reaffirmed that the corporate regulator is targeting member service failures, greenwashing, and inappropriate fees and charges, cautioning the superannuation industry to lift its game. At an industry event, Court said ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... however, sees a silver lining in retirement income policy. The Retirement Income Covenant, with its objective to maximise, safeguard, and provide flexible access to retirement income, marks a step in the right direction. The survey reaffirmed widespread ...

Pension Protection Fund appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
The UK's Pension Protection Fund named a new chief executive, formerly on the executive team at PSP Investments. Michelle Ostermann will succeed Oliver Morley as chief executive of the $62.8 billion fund, which oversees the defined benefit entitlements ...

Bragg proposes super fund reforms to protect retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called for new reforms aimed at safeguarding retail investors as superannuation funds increase their ownership stakes in Australian public companies. In an opinion piece for The Australian, Bragg proposed broadening the Takeovers ...