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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 ...

Biotech looms as boom sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... billion sector making up 2 per cent of the ASX. However, with impetus to push into expanded ranges of therapeutic products for aging boomers, enhancements to boost agricultural efficiency, produce foods, and for biofuel technology it presents big opportunities ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... added that the Government seems uncommitted to addressing the issue in the next Budget, in spite of the pressures of an aging population. "I think the Government should look at cutting the top marginal tax rate, though whether it goes into this budget ...