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Farewell Michael Harrison

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... being remembered as a teacher, mentor, and unrelenting advocate for risk advisers after he passed away on Sunday morning, aged 78. Harrison enjoyed a varied and colourful career. He established Australia's first private bank, consulted to the likes ...

Lumiant, Invest Blue build digital advice platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... capabilities following its recent purchase of an app that helps financial advisers monitor clients' health, longevity and aged care risks that could impact retirement. Prior to the acquisition, it closed a seed funding round totaling $5.2 million ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... were several winners in this year's budget, including economically disadvantaged women, small businesses and the aged care sector. For financial advisers, the budget promised several measures that will make it easier and cheaper to run their businesses ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... time until a superannuation-like levy is proposed. Payments to seniors, which in the main are Age Pension payments and aged care expenditures, are meanwhile growing strongly but only by 7% each, which pretty much matches the inflation rate. Against this ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... fortnight as the result of a change which will increase the age limit of the youngest eligible child from eight to 14. Aged care workers: The government will make good on a recommendation from the Fair Work Commission to increase award wages of over ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... youngest child is under 14 years of age. Currently, the payment is available to eligible single principal carers with a child aged under eight years old. "In September, around 57,000 eligible single parents, of whom around 91.1% are women, will transition ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... budget faces persistent structural spending pressures from fast-growing payment areas including in defence, health, aged care, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and interest payments. To address these challenges, the government said it's ...

Lumiant acquires longevity app

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
Lumiant has acquired an app that helps financial advisers monitor clients' health, longevity and aged care risks that could impact retirement. Chicago-based Genivity, deemed a health analysis and longevity optimiser (HALO), will integrate into Lumiant's ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... trillion dollars in Liberal debt that we inherited from our predecessors," he said. "That is growing faster than the NDIS, aged care, healthcare and national defence. So, we do take those challenges seriously." Chalmers explained that in the near term ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... of the federal budget, which also include counting more of the family home in the aged pension assets and residential aged care means tests. With Australia on course for 25 straight years of deficit, estimated to total about $50 billion a year by 2030 ...