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Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... changes allow them to automatically qualify for a Commonwealth seniors health card, which gives them access to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme but that card for example doesn't give them access to a lot of state based benefits," Rundmann said. "In ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... accommodation (-2%). The most noteworthy offsetting price rises were for medical and hospital services (+1.6%) and pharmaceutical products (+4.8%). Clothing and footwear prices fell 2.6% in the quarter, reflecting discounting during the post-Christmas ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... and related materials, an 8.8% decline in and chemical materials and products and a 5.3% fall in medicinal and pharmaceutical products. Prices of Australian exports dropped by more, down 4.7% in the March quarter - the eight straight quarter where export ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... Another example is the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF which was developed by a top biologist and includes large pharmaceutical and growth-oriented biotechnology firms that are focused on improving cancer treatments. There is also a product which cleverly ...

Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
... invest in companies that will provide long term returns and stability to investors, such as Novo Nordisk a Danish pharmaceutical company. Novo Nordisk currently provides 56% of China's insulin with that number set to rise as the number of Chinese citizens ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
One of the best paths to investment success is to accommodate the market; buy when others are desperate to sell and sell when investors are buying irrationally. That's the investment mantra of Jonathan Bell Lovelace, the founder of Capital Group, one ...

Modest rise in retirement living costs: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... equipment and services (-2%) and automotive fuel (-1.7%). There also were price rises for health services, namely pharmaceutical products (+0.7%) and medical and hospital services (+0.2%). The rise in pharmaceutical products was due to changes introduced ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Ho ho ho! Santa's in town. That's the feeling one gets when one looks at the Australian equity markets' performance on the first trading day of that merriest month of the year. The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up ...

Steady funds thrive in low growth world

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... telcos, while favouring large consumer staples, software, consumer discretionary, industrials and healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. "Over the long term [these companies] perform better. Their sales don't disappear; their earnings don't disappear ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundations have distributed almost $1.5 million to seven biomedical researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce ...