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Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... with ovarian cancer, Frydenberg announced that Lynparza, a type of medical treatment, will no longer cost $140,000 per course. Patients will now access the medicine at $6.60 per script for concession card holders and around $41 per script for general ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The government estimates that in 2020-2021 $227.5 billion will be spent on social security and welfare - up 15.4% in real terms from the $196 billion spend last year. The social security spending is largely in response to the COVID-19 crisis, with the ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... AustralianSuper for the early release of members' funds on the grounds of hardship. The report raised concerns that in the course of procuring early release, Goel or someone he worked with had misrepresented themselves to AustralianSuper as being ...

Evans invites 360 Capital to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... director and hope we will have an opportunity to work together again. We look forward to welcoming Tony to the board in due course." Pascoe only joined the Evans Dixon board in July this year after Alan Dixon stepped down. Pascoe is a former chief executive ...

ASIC, IOSCO report on debt capital raisings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... training to identify and manage confidential and market-sensitive information that arises from a transaction. During the course of its surveillance, ASIC also observed instances in which inflated bids were not identified as such. It also identified differing ...

ASIC wealth director nabs promotion

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
The corporate watchdog's executive director of wealth management has nabbed a promotion and will now assume the role of ASIC's executive director of financial services. Joanna Bird has been appointed in the role after many years with the regulator and ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... exit their holding at or near NTA. "We believe that offering all shareholders a liquidity option is the only acceptable course of action when the company persistently trades at a substantial discount to its stated net asset value," Prescott said. CIE ...

Hostplus can't be killed: Sicilia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... purpose of giving members a comfortable retirement balance. He said it was "non-negotiable" that Hostplus would stay the course of its investment strategy. "The only benefit to having cash is the flexibility it affords if some unlisted asset comes along," ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... uncertainty of the forecasts themselves for as the Fed notes: "The path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus. The ongoing public health crisis will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... every facet of our lives. Our health, our work, our emotions, our friendships, our travel plans, our life plans and of course our financial circumstances," she said. "Money plays such a critical role in our ability to live the life we want, especially ...