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TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... work with TAL to amplify the perspectives of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, to achieve more equitable health outcomes and a better-connected mental healthcare experience for people no matter where they live across the country." ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... helping them achieve the legislated government objective of a "dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and sustainable way." Manserra points to the new generation of innovative retirement income stream (IRIS) products which ...

Another industry body urges Division 296 reconsideration

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
While the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) supports sensible reforms to make superannuation "more equitable", it - like many industry bodies - believes the taxing of unrealised capital gains and the lack of indexation can pose compliance challenges ...

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
About 80% of NGS Super members will benefit from fee savings when it transfers its administration function to Grow Inc. next month. As reported by Financial Standard, after a lengthy delay NGS Super is getting ready to transfer administrators. The move ...

CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), the SMSF Association (SMSFA) agrees the most efficient and equitable way to fund the special levy is to spread it across all Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) sub-sectors. ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... will apply only to insured members, and the resulting reduction in administration fees for all members, is the most equitable way to pay for insurance related services provided by the fund." Currently, the cost of administering insurance arrangements ...

Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... penalise SMSF members for paper profits that may never materialise. "No one disputes Treasury's desire for a fair and equitable superannuation system, but to claim this tax only affects a minority and serves the national interest is shortsighted. It ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Advisory as provisional liquidators of Ascent. In 2023, the Federal Court then ordered Ascent to be wound up on just and equitable grounds, together with the managed investment scheme it operated. Dunjey was the sole director and member of Ascent. April ...

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... digital infrastructure to ensue people always have access to financial and social services that foster an inclusive and equitable economy. "As Microsoft turns 50 years old, it feels right that I celebrate the milestone by committing to give away the ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... that financial advisers are not unfairly burdened by the cost of product failures. A cap on the advice levy and a more equitable funding model are essential." Abood also called on the government to take active steps to grow the profession by supporting ...