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Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Further, the government has also pledged more resources for women's health, investing some $793 million into delivering better healthcare for around 8500 women who are set to benefit from this. This includes increased Medicare rebates and more bulk billing ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... that it is currently relying on the "safe harbour" provisions in taking course of action reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome for the company in section 588GA of the Corporations Act 2001.

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... capitalisation-weighted S&P/ASX 200," the report read. Australian equity managers, on the other hand, fared relatively better with a 56% underperformance rate. Over 15-years, 85% of active funds fell short. For Australian equity mid- and small-cap funds ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
The long-awaited Tranche 2 of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes draft package has been released, switching Statements of Advice for Client Advice Records and clarifying what topics super funds can collectively charge for. However, some elements ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... multi-asset, multi-manager programme, with an initial allocation of $60 million. The Osmosis Core Equity Fund targets a better risk-adjusted return than the MSCI World benchmark by identifying companies that are more resource efficient than their same ...

Iress enhances US equity market data feed with Cboe

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... "Data drives decision making and is critical for trading strategy implementation, and the Cboe One Feed helps participants better understand the markets by providing real-time and highly reliable US market data." QuantHouse head of EMEA sales and business ...

CFS Edge, North enhance platform capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... clients, and we've done a lot of work in understanding how to simplify this for advisers, seamlessly save time and drive much better engagement every step of the way." Maloney added the firm will continue to invest in the functionality and flagged more ...

HeirWealth expands with private office partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... founder Ray Tubman said the partnership will provide the Sydney-based broker detailed information about its clients for better insights and services. It is expected that round $3.5 trillion will swap hands in the wealth transfer in Australia over the ...

Tranche 2 is coming before the election: Jones

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones has confirmed Tranche 2 off the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms will be released before the upcoming election. Speaking to Financial Standard, Jones said Tranche 2 has ...