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Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
Innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are quickly expanding, posing a challenge to policymakers attempting to regulate the area. According to Kevin Hebner, managing director, global investment strategist with Epoch Investment Partners, those charged ...

ASFA Retirement Standard hits record high

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... insurance, fruit and vegetables, fuel and electricity - begin to ease." The ASFA Standard covers everyday expenses like health, communication, clothing, and household goods. It accounts for community expectations and changing lifestyle spending habits. ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The latest Global Dividend Index by Janus Henderson Investors revealed global dividends experienced an uptick of 5% on an underlying basis, reaching a record of US$1.66 trillion in 2023. The report revealed the year closed on a particularly positive ...

Taskforce suggests aged care funding be based on personal wealth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... support, in an equitable and sustainable way'. Income from superannuation should be drawn down in retirement to cover health, lifestyle, other living expenses and aged care costs," the report states. "These superannuation trends, combined with high ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... across the WA public sector, increasing the entitlement for major employee groups including teachers, nurses, doctors, health support workers, education assistants, TAFE lecturers and more. "It's another meaningful move towards remedying the economic ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Women continue to lack confidence in how much they can save for retirement and ability to invest compared to men, new surveys reveal. Only 30% of women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... leave scheme are mounting, as Queensland Unions launches a campaign pushing for new entitlements including preventative health leave. It comes as the Senate investigates issues related to menopause and perimenopause. The Queensland Council of Unions ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
The wealth management industry has overwhelmingly welcomed the federal government's commitment to pay superannuation on the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme. The Albanese government has said, if it wins the next election, it will add superannuation ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... develop a more equitable and sustainable framework for supporting members with a disability, especially those with mental health-related disabilities," Puli said. "This framework should consider income stream alternatives within superannuation, address ...

Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... ownership as achievable for the average worker." Senator Hollie Hughes is now the shadow assistant minister for mental health and suicide prevention and shadow assistant minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Dutton said the appointments ...