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NSW Medical Devices Fund grants $8.6m

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... which hearing-impaired infants should receive cochlear implants. In presenting the grants at NSW Parliament House, Health Minister Jillian Skinner said: "This year's winners offer a range of pioneering devices with the potential to transform the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... previous year. This boost to expectations has been sustained. Certainly there was a 4.4% lift following the change of Prime Minister a year ago but the Expectations Index has lifted a further 5.2% since last October". Further, "the largest average boost ...

LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The legislation for the Life Insurance Framework will be formally introduced into parliament this week, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... behalf by pushing back the changes to 1 January 2018 and shortening the proposed claw-back period from three years to two. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has also publically acknowledged the AFA for its role in the process ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... generation financial advisers," George said. "We congratulate Erin on earning the title of 2016 AFA Rising Star." Former Prime Minister John Howard also joined in the congratulations ahead of his address to the conference.

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The scrutiny of Australia's big four banks has been labelled "strange" by former Prime Minister John Howard, who heralded the institutions as one of four pillars that guided Australia through the Global Financial Crisis. Howard was the first plenary ...

Adviser commission reforms pushed back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... and the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will apply to all channels of financial advice, Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services said the phasing down will not come into effect until 1 January 2018; an amendment on ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... stalemate and Japan, whose negative interest rate policy proved unpopular, was at the head of the pack; last month Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet approved a fiscal package of over ¥28 trillion ($362 billion) which equates to 5.5% of the country's ...

Current super objective "un-Australian"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... living in retirement," Interim ASFA chief executive Jim Minto said. The comments come on top of a letter sent in August to Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, that requested a meeting to further discuss the formalisation of super's ...

Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
A spokesperson for the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed to Financial Standard that draft legislation pertaining to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will be formally re-introduced in early October when Federal ...