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When aged care advice takes an emotional toll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... Seniors Health Card, which provides access to cheaper health care, discounts to electricity and gas bills, and public transport, Fenton said. Eligibility for the health card is based on assessable income, while assets are excluded, he said, noting that ...

Early release of super, FHSSS gaining traction: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
About $89 million of superannuation has been released on compassionate grounds just three months into the new financial year, according to the ATO. Of the 10,700 early super release applications received between 1 July 2018 and September 30, more than ...

Financial services employment to boom

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
The employment outlook for the financial services sector is at a six-year high, despite the Royal Commission. Latest figures from Manpower show the net employment outlook for the finance, insurance and real estate sectors is up 21% for the fourth quarter ...

Vanguard to launch new ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
Vanguard Australia is set to list two new exchange-traded funds on the ASX, enabling investment in international small companies and global listed infrastructure. The Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (ASX:VISM) and the Vanguard ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Investment in exchange-traded funds can no longer be "phoned in" especially when the products are viewed as a transcendent technology that will reshape the traditional fund landscape. Using the analogy that smartphones have become less about calling ...

FinTech Australia hunts new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
FinTech Australia is on the hunt for a new chief executive, just four months after filling the role with a former Uber executive. Brad Kitschke has resigned as chief executive of FinTech Australia, citing health reasons. His departure leaves the industry ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... value chain ranging from exploration and feasibility operations, mining projects, engineering and design businesses, transport and logistics and service providers. The IPO general offer closes on September 26 and the LIC is expected to list on the ASX ...

AustralianSuper secures WestConnex stake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... acquisition of WestConnex in New South Wales. AustralianSuper members are now part owners in a $9.26 billion integrated transport project that will upgrade roads and motorways around Parramatta, Homebush, Rozelle and Haberfield. AustralianSuper is part ...

Industry fund appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... organisation TransTrain until its closure earlier this year. She is also currently an executive director with the Tasmanian Transport Association, chair of the Tasmanian Transport and Logistics Workforce Advisory Group, and director of Transport Women ...

Industry fund recognised for data security expertise

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Investments (the NSW operation)." The Victorian Government's $2.86 billion windfall will invest new schools, hospitals and transport projects. The state will retain full control over prices for statutory land registry services throughout the 40-year ...