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Challenger negotiates Care Annuity compromise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has backed down from its plan to change the way it assesses current holders of the Challenger Care Annuity. However, Challenger has agreed to redesign the product in line with the new 'user pays' aged care policies ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
The Department of Social Services (DSS) has given its reasons for changing the way it assesses Challenger's Care Annuity, saying it had mistakenly been assessing it on the grounds that investors in the annuity could not get their capital back. However ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... government announced it would reassess the social security treatment of investors in the annuity. The Department of Social Services (DSS) informed Challenger that the Care Annuity, which provides a lifetime income to people in need of full-time aged ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... senior women employees or executives. The industries with the highest female participation are health care and social services with 81%, education and training with 63% and arts and recreation services with 51%. And while 28% of manual workers are women ...

Former JBWere acting CEO joins Impact Investing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... established by the G8. Madhavan said: "Australia faces some significant challenges around how to adequately fund our social services, and helping to find innovative solutions to this is an exciting challenge. "I am looking forward to bringing my skills ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... framework - which include financial services, shipping, business and trade, professional services, and cultural and social services. Under the Shanghai FTZ's current regulatory framework, La Trobe Financial will conduct a range of investment and asset ...

Pension rule changes to benefit 740,000

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... their pockets as a result of the lowering of the social security deeming rates from 4 November 2013, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrew said. The deeming rate will decrease to 2% from 2.5% for financial investments up to $46,600 for single pensioners ...

ASIC warns consumers about NRAS property ads

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... houses). However, individual investors can access the scheme through an approved participant. The Department of Social Services publishes monthly reports on its website which contain the names of NRAS-approved participants. ASIC is aware that a number ...

Fin services execs rock 'n' roll for charity

... Australia is an outreach organisation that works with young people at risk who have fallen through the cracks of social services. The event will be held at The Loft in Sydney on 10 March. For further information on FICAP's event and sponsorship packages ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... themselves in -- their growth outlook is not looking too flash now. Portugal has frozen public sector wages, restricted social services, raised taxes and privatised state assets. More tax hikes are planned. Spain cut spending on social welfare, raised ...