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Super education is professional development: ART

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
Learning about superannuation should be considered a part of an employee's professional development, according to Australian Retirement Trust members. The super fund recently held a roundtable with some of its employers and found many believe super ...

Australia among top 10 financially inclusive markets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
Australia has been ranked the seventh most financially inclusive market out of 42 around the globe. Principal Financial Group's Global Financial Inclusion Index, conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, is built around three pillars ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... invested right across the Australian economy," she said. HESTA has also supported moves to expand the Paid Parental Leave scheme announced before tonight's budget but noted that it remains the only commonly taken form of leave that super is not paid ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... next. "We face growing pressures with interest payments and essential services - such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), hospitals, aged care, medical benefits, Age Pension and defence - growing faster than the economy. These spending ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... two big and difficult problems on his hands, the first being gas prices and the other the National Disability Insurance Scheme. In delivering the Federal Budget last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is investing $40.9 million in increased ...

Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... or more to publish their pay gaps. Other measures include the previously announced expansion of the paid parental leave scheme at a cost of $531.6 million over four years, and changes to the Child Care Subsidy which is expected to see women with young ...

Affordable housing in Budget spotlight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... Up to $575 million will help the National Housing Infrastructure Facility to support a further 5500 homes. A Help to Buy Scheme will allow 40,000 eligible Aussies to own their own home with a lower deposit and smaller mortgage. Meanwhile, the Regional ...

Link seeks to offload Fund Solutions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... was structures as an upfront cash payment of $3.81 per Link Group share to Link shareholders on the implementation of the scheme, plus a contingent payment, payable under certain circumstances. There was a contingent payment payable under the situation ...

Perpetual takeover of Pendal progresses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... targeted completion of the transaction by January 2023." As previously reported by Financial Standard, Perpetual entered a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire Pendal. Since the announcement, a joint transaction integration committee was established ...

Government to boost paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2022
The federal government plans to extend the Commonwealth paid parental leave scheme to six months come 2026. Over the weekend, prime minister Anthony Albanese said the government's October 25 Budget will introduce reforms to improve the systems' flexibility ...