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Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... pension entrants over Age Pension age and eligible veterans will have a starting work bonus income bank balance of $4000 rather than $0. Meanwhile, existing and new recipients will retain the current elevated maximum work bonus balance limit of $11,800 ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... erratic cashflows because the amount of a part Age Pension varies considerably with the value of the pensioners' assets rather than the amounts they drawdown," he said. Aged care also weighs heavily on retirees' minds for a variety of reasons, ranging ...

AI to revolutionise investment industry: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... different from early-stage fintech applications, such as automated investment advice, "which worked to mostly complement rather than disrupt existing financial service provision." It added personalisations, coupled with greater availability of both new ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... "My view is that we will get better outcomes if the public square is filled with facts and nuanced and informed debate, rather than vitriol, personal attacks and clickbait," he said. "As a society, we have got work to do here." Explaining his decision-making ...

Ironbark launches global infrastructure fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... invest in private equity infrastructure investments, and that's an important feature - we're investing in equity rather than debt securities. "We make a direct investment into these businesses, so we're not going through another fund or structure ...

Government must do more after product failures: FSC, SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... superannuation Mark Oliver said the "application of the test to Wrap Platforms is more complex given members have tailored, rather than standardised, portfolios." "In addition, a majority of Wrap options are not tested, which means members are not able ...

Climate change to create 'portfolio manager 2.0':Robeco

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... benefits. That's 0.01%," he explained. "The big opportunity for investing is not so much the green assets themselves but rather the transition. That's a whole economy transition - power, food, buildings, transport, all of it." He highlighted ...

Ageing population measures needs rethink: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... the total labour force in 2006 to 4.94% in 2022. "A more accurate approach would be to consider the actual labour force, rather than the potential labour force," Knox suggested. Further, health-adjusted life expectancy will only continue for decades ...

MA Financial strengthens lending business

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... lending. Wyke said MA doesn't take mezzanine financing positions in either real estate construction or real estate, rather, opts to be the whole loan. "We don't have conviction at this point in the cycle on consumer unsecured, as we don't ...

TelstraSuper enhances lifecycle arrangement, introduces new option

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... MySuper Growth option at 50 instead of 45 and older members will transition from the fund's conservative option at 70 rather than 65. The aim is to improve members' retirement outcomes, potentially contributing additional funds to the average ...