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Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... medicines on the PBS", as well as on the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Stoma Appliance Scheme and the Take Home Naloxone program. It is also set to reduce the PBS co-payment from $31.60 to $25 from 1 January 2026. The PBS investment ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... provide advice on key areas of retirement to consumers, like, estate planning, aged care, and the Age Pension, including the Home Equity Access Scheme. She noted that funds have little commercial incentive to offer advice in these areas, as they don't ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... enables AMP to carry out continuous video surveillance of them no matter where they are working - including when working from home, the FSU said. Additionally, the proposed contracts would also allow AMP to require workers to undergo a medical examination ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... million respectively relate to PDS fact sheets published in 2021 and 2022. Active Super and Vision Super merged on March 1, now home to 165,000 members. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "This is a significant penalty that sends a strong message to ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Australian Unity's acquisitions, meanwhile, included Grand United Friendly Society, Lifeplan Australia Friendly Society, Home Care NSW, Greengate Partnership, Insignia Financial's investment bonds division, and most recently aged care provider myHomecare ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... of measures that would prepare the ground for a large pay-off down the track, Grattan said more of the value of the family home should be included in the Age Pension assets test, and default insurance through super should be reviewed, including assessing ...

Former AMP licensees rebranded as Akumin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Entireti has unveiled the go-forward name of its NewCo subsidiary, home to all the financial advice brands previously owned by AMP. The business will now be known as Akumin, "inspired by the professional judgement, discernment and acumen of the experienced ...

Younger women embrace geared strategies: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... despite the growth, the margin lending usage has dipped 2% to 48%, Investment Trends said the drop is due to more focus on home loan redraw facilities, and 28% of margin lending investors planning to reduce borrowing in the next 12 months, citing interest ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... women with average remuneration in the upper quartile sitting at $307,000. Across the board, financial services workers took home $162,000 on average. At a company level, fund managers appear to regress, with the likes of Magellan Asset Management and ...

Sydney to host global superannuation summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... city's strong investment pipeline, large skilled workforce, and advanced digital infrastructure. He also noted that Sydney is home to Australia's largest banks and dominates the country's venture capital and private equity activity. Deverall told the ...