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Retirees increasingly favour income over lumps sums

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Retirees are increasingly choosing to access their superannuation through income streams rather than withdrawing lump sums, according to new analysis released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Bjorn Jarvis, the program manager of the ABS' ...

DomaCom starts bookbuild for LGBTI retirement village

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... The Linton Estate in Ballan, Victoria, was founded by Peter Dickson, who has long had a vision for building a retirement village for the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual) community. Fractional property investment specialist ...

Retirees should draw on home equity: Productivity Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
Australia's older home owners could achieve a modest retirement living standard by drawing on their home equity according to a Productivity Commission report released today. The report, Housing Decisions of Older Australians, suggests most older Australians' ...

Australian Unity completes capital raising for new fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Australian Unity has announced it has completed its capital raising for a new retirement village development fund. The first development of the new fund will be a $65 million nine-level retirement complex in Melbourne. The building will comprise 91 ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
... Super Fund chief investment officer Matt Whineray said: "We are pleased to be increasing our exposure to the retirement village sector in Australia. The sector's attractive demographics and future growth opportunities make it a good fit for long-term ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... has led the New Zealand sharemarket's benchmark index lower, as the prospect of new rivals weighed on listed retirement village operators. Stocks with regulatory pressure also fell amid political uncertainty ahead of Saturday's general election. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... analyst at Daiwa Securities. wellington WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares have gained, led by Metlifecare after the retirement village operator and developer upgraded its profit forecast. The benchmark NZX 50 Index rose 22.534 points, or 0.4 per cent ...

NZ Super to put $126m in retirement village

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
New Zealand Superannuation Fund looks likely to take on 17% of New Zealand retirement village provider Metlifecare, in a move that will see NZ Super raise its stake in the company to 19.9%. This comes after reports that ANZ Super and New Zealand utilities ...

Yields above 10% up for grabs in unlisted property

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
Investors happy to forgo some liquidity can earn a yield as high as 10.5% in the unlisted property space. Specialist property investor Folkestone has been targeting real estate-backed social infrastructure such as early learning centres, police stations ...

Blue Sky invests $20m in Oak Tree retirement villages

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... each year thereafter. Blue Sky said Australia's ageing population is increasing demand in the sector, with the Retirement Village Association forecasting the need for 140,000 new ILUs over the next 15 years. "Oak Tree Group is one of the only scalable ...