Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 463 results for "Ageing"

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... will face the effects of the changing workforce, reduced home ownership, and financial implications associated with an ageing population. We cannot assume that the future will reflect our past experience. It is much more complex than that."

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... 1.5% to 1.25%. It immediately followed with another cut in July, slashing the official cash rate to 1%. The Council on the Ageing chief executive Ian Yates said reductions in the cash rate have impacted the interest paid on savings and term deposits ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... pcp), Pendal Group scored 74.9 (up 0.1%), Platinum Asset Management scored 66.7 (steady). The report noted Australia's ageing population as a potential ESG risk for all three businesses. "Ageing population could be a negative as industry asset mix ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... investors to game the market through public subsidies and price movements. "While the climate debate rages on, Australia's ageing energy infrastructure continues to fall further and further behind the rest of the world. Much of the heavy industry ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... Organisations will receive $30,000, while National Seniors and SA Superannuants will receive $10,000 each. The Council of the Ageing in the ACT, Queensland and Victoria will also receive $10,000 to be distributed pro-rata on the basis of SCOA membership ...

Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... superannuation but given the nature of the problem, we need to be even broader than that and look at the problems presented by ageing overall," he said.

Centuria acquires fund manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... experience and existing relationships in the healthcare market. Centuria noted Australia's population was both growing and ageing; ensuring healthcare real estate had a stable, long-term footing to go with its tendency to produce higher total returns ...

Sargon launches SMSF alternative

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... has been redesigned to be cost-effectively run via its trustee cloud infrastructure. "A SAF can be highly beneficial for ageing members who may no longer have the desire or capacity to navigate complex regulatory requirements and financial decisions," ...

Healthcare property a buy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... assets and ancillary assets such as pathology labs." Smith pointed out healthcare needs are only likely to increase with an ageing and growing population, and that healthcare property has delivered strong defensive results - with the Healthcare Property ...

Social infra to become core investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
High population growth, changing community needs and an ageing population will spur investment in social infrastructure. Speaking at the Property Funds Association conference, Arena REIT managing director Rob de Vos said: "An ageing population and proportionately ...