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Australian Unity appoints general manager of social infrastructure

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Australian Unity has appointed Darren Dawson, an experienced executive in sustainable finance and ethical investment, as its social infrastructure funds general manager. Dawson will oversee the management of Australian Unity's social infrastructure ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
In the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers formally announced a raft of measures to support women, many of which were flagged ahead of time. This includes the $925.2 million over five years to provide support for victim-survivors leaving a violent ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... they will outlive their assets. One-in-three (33%) retirees are concerned that financial stress will impact their overall health; about one in four (26%) have lost sleep worrying about their financial situation.

Perennial Partners takes over Australian Unity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Perennial Partners has agreed with Australian Unity Funds Management Limited (AUFM) to take over the investment management of the latter's Future of Healthcare Fund. AUFM will also step down as trustee of the fund, with Perennial taking over as trustee. ...

HESTA names chief financial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... worked in a similar role at Medibank for nine years. At Bupa, Kelly covered strategy and analytics, developed Medibank's health purchasing strategy and built relationships with providers, industry associations and regulators. Earlier in her career ...

Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
TelstraSuper is searching for a merger partner, after its board concluded that size and scale are "increasingly important" to serving members' best financial interests. "The TelstraSuper Board see this as an exciting opportunity for members as we ...

ATO flags key focus areas this tax time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... people have forgotten to include interest from banks, dividend income, payments from other government agencies and private health insurers," Thomson said. For most people, this information will be automatically pre-filled in their tax return by the end ...

ART names advice and education leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... division. Here, he managed ART's single largest customer - the Queensland government - and aligned stakeholders such as health, education, and police. The executive and board director has spent 25 years in financial services, specialising in superannuation ...

AustralianSuper announces insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... increase Death and/or TPD cover due to a Life Event have age-based or age-based plus extra (fixed) cover by providing detailed health information to its insurer, TAL "If your age-based cover starts on 1 June 2024, we'll write to you soon after it ...

Succession planning troubles family offices: J.P. Morgan

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
Global family offices remain deeply concerned about how to prepare the next generation to inherit a vast fortune as almost 30% do not have a structured approach to help them, a new study from J.P. Morgan reveals. The majority (70%) of participants that ...