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What the 2018 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... beneficiary from the Budget. Under Scott Morrison's proposed $259 million package, working baby boomers who also receive aged care pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. Further ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... up for Turnbull's cost of living increases and cuts to penalty rates." Chalmers said funding just 14,000 new in-home aged care packages over four years is a "hoax" as funding cut from residential aged care will pay for it. "There are still 100,000 people ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... all his graciousness, will be spent on company and personal income taxes, spending on infrastructure and health and aged care, among others. Never mind the "promised" surplus, it's election spending time. In the December 2017 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal ...

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... and can offer long-term advice and investment solutions as part of their ongoing client services. Mentor Education and Aged Care Specialists are adamant this advice solution is a market opportunity in its own right and advisers that undertake study and ...

Intiger hires global head for AI software push

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... financial planning productivity and software. He drove change in the several of the bank's advice areas including SMSFs, aged care and estate planning, his new employer said. While working for CBA, Jaja also contributed to embedding legislative reform ...

Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
As the need for aged care grows, so too does the need for specialised aged care financial advice. Estimating that less than 10% of advisers regularly provide aged care advice, Challenger is calling on financial advisers to become more educated on the ...

O'Dwyer names CIPR advisory group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... substantial expertise and experience from across the consumer and superannuation sector, including in asset management, aged care, consumer protection, product development and compliance, academia, and law." Following advice from the group the Government ...

Advisers can fill aged care demand gap: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The growing demand for aged care planning will shift financial advisers' service offering and provide a new source of revenue in the medium-term, a joint study by Aged Care Steps and Swiss Re reveals. The research, which explored the challenges and ...

Planners preferred over super for wealthier retirees: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... their retirement savings while the key need for dependent retirees is information about the financial considerations of aged care," Choi said. "While age is an obvious driver of the lifestyles represented by these segments, it is not the only contributing ...

Modern business demands driving adviser education uptake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... many of the courses seeing an upswing. For those focused on enhancing their advice knowledge, intergenerational wealth, aged care, wealth protection and transfer, succession planning and self-managed superannuation are proving popular. A recent Financial ...