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RM advisers break through 1000 barrier

... 'trusted advisors'. The jump in the numbers of RMCs is in response to growing demand for reverse mortgages from Australia's aging population who increasingly see the product as a viable option. The expanding network has also enabled the industry body ...

Advisers graduate Synchron boot camp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... creature in their training needs to old advisers. Our industry has a problem of too many advisers in their 50s and they are aging, and to address that, two years ago we started our Next Gen course," said Synchron director Don Trapnell. The three-day ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual age-specific incidence rates are averaging down," said Dr Wolfgang Droste, head of Asia Pacific at Genre, one of ...

Forum 'gets real' on ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... one of the big ideas that will lead a market recovery, as will social themes such as the developments associated with our aging population and rising living standards in developing countries." Held in June, the forum includes speakers from BT Financial ...

Australia's reversing fertility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... annual population growth rate last financial year at 1.53 per cent was the highest in 18 years, they said. And while our aging population is pushing up the number of deaths, in fact to their highest ever levels, the ABS said as an overall proportion ...

The golden age of SMSFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... Trowbridge Deloitte. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association conference yesterday, Gale said regulatory changes and an aging population had driven the super industry, with superannuation assets expected to increase by almost 10 per cent over the ...

Brakes on reverse mortgages

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... rate of 15.5 per cent from 2007. Ingemarsson said wide spread insufficient retirement funds, rising property values and an aging population with encouraging health allowing them to be more active in their retirement would provide growth opportunities ...

Village People

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
A wave of aging baby boomers are expected to downsize and move into retirement villages over the next 20 years creating a big investment opportunity according to Peter McMullen, head of health and aged services at Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle ...

Bravura and Perpetual develop new SOA package

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... fast changing environment. "Legislative and regulatory changes, consolidation and new product development to cater for an aging population, are just a few of the challenges being faced by the financial services industry. Therefore, it is important to ...

T.Rowe Price wins Chinese govt fund mandate

... reserve fund to pay for future social security expenses. According to the Study Center of Chinese Population, the Chinese aging population is increasing faster than the world average. By 2050, the population of people over 60 and those over 65 will reach ...