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Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... or concession card holder will pay more than $7.70 (plus any applicable manufacturer premiums) for up to five years. Aged care workers will also receive a wages boost. The government has committed to funding the Fair Work Commission decision to increase ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... reproductive healthcare for women across the course of their lives, including training for GPs to provide better menopause care. Recent statistics from ASFA show women who are unable to continue working during menopause and are forced to retire around ...

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Albanese government is investing $2.2 billion to reform the aged care sector and close to $500 million to put the NDIS back on track. The government has said it will invest $531.4 million to offer an additional 24,100 Home Care Packages next financial ...

Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... may be overestimating the interest of younger investors in sustainable investing," she said. "Younger investors certainly care about the environment and the planet, but when it comes to their individual wealth creation, there at a stage in life where ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Investment and financial advisers are coming together to pressure the federal government more than ever to make the profession more sustainable by being flexible in recognising more degrees, the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) ...

Head of institutional capital departs MA Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
MA Financial's head of institutional capital is taking on a new role elsewhere. Mike Pyke has served in the role at MA Financial for more than four years but was with the alternative asset manager for over a decade. While there, he led the IPO of MA ...

Billionaire quant investing legend Jim Simons dies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Jim Simons, the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund that became one of the most profitable firms in history, has died at the age of 86. Simons began his career as a mathematician, earning a mathematics degree from MIT in 1958 and a PhD ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Rest has appointed Amy Murrell to the new role of chief people officer after joining the super fund in 2021 as general manager people and culture. Murrell will now report directly into Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle. "I warmly welcome Amy Murrell ...

Rahmani takes up post at Magellan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Sophia Rahmani officially took over as managing director of Magellan Asset Management as of today. As announced in February, Rahmani will step into the role of chief executive in 12 months' time. As managing director, Rahmani oversees all aspects ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... stress levels that potentially cause burnout. Last year, Labor and Greens backed a recommendation by the Senate work and care committee to trial a four-day work week at full pay. In 2022, UK fund manager Stellar Asset Management trialled 4 Day Week Global's ...