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Fostering the ageing workforce

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
More women entering the workforce later in life and Australians delaying retirement has led to the doubling of those aged over 55 in the workforce and they could offset adverse economic impacts, according to CEPAR. The Centre of Excellence in Population ...

Australian Unity to acquire aged care facility provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Australian Unity flagged it will purchase a provider of boutique retirement villages with operations in Queensland and New South Wales for $65 million. The ASX-listed company announced today that it intends to accelerate the expansion of its retirement ...

Deborah Ralston joins Household Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Household Capital has appointed the retirement expert to chair its advisory board. Effective this month, Deborah Ralston will lead the retirement funding provider's advisory board, replacing Jack Diamond. Sitting alongside her on the board is Peter ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Individuals locked into legacy retirement products will now have the chance to transfer into newer, more flexible products without penalty under a new measure. The government is introducing a two-year amnesty for individuals in market-linked, life-expectancy ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... 370,000-strong aged care workforce. However, no specific measures were announced that would integrate aged care with the retirement superannuation system. This is despite 17% of people aged older than 65 years of age using residential or transitional ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... other four additions to the leadership team include two permanent appointments: Ilaine Anderson as director, super and retirement, permanent appointment of Sean O'Malley as managing director for AMP Bank. Also joining the leadership team is director ...

Super fund advice not useful: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
While 50% of Australians expect superannuation funds to advise them on retirement, only 16% of those who have sought advice from their fund believe it was useful. That's a key finding of UK fintech Smart's The future of global retirement report, looking ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... community. I'm thrilled to be joining HESTA and to have the opportunity to help our members achieve their investment and retirement savings goals," he said.

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... super funds and master trusts. The strategic advice from Rice Warner was credited with assisting both the Australian Retirement Fund and the Superannuation Trust of Australia to merge, which formed AustralianSuper. Since then, Rice Warner has consulted ...

Mercer launches aged care support service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... Living with Mercer aims to be a one-stop shop, providing information on aged care and living options across home care, retirement living and residential aged care. The initiative, which is backed by several of Mercer's partners such as Commonwealth Superannuation ...