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No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... billion for the JobTrainer program, $1.1 billion towards women's safety initiatives, $2.3 billion to enhance mental health support services and $13.2 billion over the next four years to sustain the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Frydenberg ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... restrict access to capital and flexibility of drawdowns, preventing them from effectively using their retirement savings for health, aged care, and other large expenses in retirement," budget papers read. Individuals starting a new retirement product ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... inability to cope with the current demand from its 340,000 users, according to figures published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has reached crisis point. This has been exacerbated by weaknesses exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

AIA Australia partners with Your Wills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... enjoying the present. "At AIA, we help people protect their greatest asset - themselves and their families - with life and health insurance, and the flip side of that is ensuring they have a Will to take care of everything after they are gone," Mu said. ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... looks forward to joining the fund. "Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic we've witnessed first-hand the critical role health care providers play within our community. I'm thrilled to be joining HESTA and to have the opportunity to help our members achieve ...

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... Australia to merge, which formed AustralianSuper. Since then, Rice Warner has consulted on a series of mergers including Health Super and VicSuper (which created First State Super, now Aware) and the proposed merger between Media Super and Cbus. Rice ...

Mercer launches aged care support service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... inadequate funding, variable provider governance and behaviour, lack leadership and governance, and poor access to health care. Another is the difficulty of accessing and navigating the system. Burkitt said about 1.5 million Australians receive ageing ...

SuperFriend appoints chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The workplace mental health and wellbeing organisation has appointed a former ANZ executive as chair, taking over from David Atkin. Elizabeth Proust has over 30 years' experience in leadership roles and spent eight years at ANZ including four years ...

Pendal gets $900m net inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Pendal Group saw $900 million in net inflows in the quarter ending March, taking its assets over $100 billion again. Pendal ended March with $101.7 billion in total funds under management (FUM), 4.4% higher than December's closing FUM of $97.4 billion. ...

MetLife expands virtual health service

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... MetLife Australia has partnered with a healthcare provider to expand its virtual services for financial advisers. Teladoc Health will provide holistic health management via MetLife's 360Health program. Virtual services will include mental health assistance ...