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Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... review into retirement incomes in isolation is at risk of missing the point. In most developed countries healthcare, aged care and retirement income provision are partly funded by the state and partly funded by the individual, he wrote in a post. "At ...

Navigating the new Pensioners Loan Scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... opportunity to free up some equity that they have in their home. This may help bridge the funding gap while looking to secure aged care or while they await an ACAT assessment," Perri said. "The downside is that their estate often will be left to pay ...

Financial advice valued beyond returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
... and sensible budgeting, making sure they're obtaining relevant government support and how they can optimise funding aged care arrangements in advance," Brown said.

Blue Sky adds executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... Alternative Investments has appointed a new chief financial officer. Justine Henwood joins the company from TriCare Aged Care, where she was also chief financial officer. She replaces Elizabeth Walker, who departed Blue Sky for personal reasons in March. ...

Healthcare property a buy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... public and private health system, which provides many opportunities for investment, including hospitals, medical centres, aged care assets and ancillary assets such as pathology labs." Smith pointed out healthcare needs are only likely to increase with ...

Retirement funder partners with ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... ends meet as they age." Home equity for example, can also be used to fund in-home care and support the transition to aged care, he said, adding this approach also enables the transfer of home equity between generations to fund first-home buyers' deposits ...

ASIC outlines enforcement efforts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... Hughes explained: "Directors breached their duties by authorising amendment to the constitution of Prime Retirement and Aged Care trust which enabled $33 million to be paid out of fund assets without member approval." In its update, ASIC said in 2019 ...

Financial advice in 2030: What does it look like?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... advice will emerge, with more product-agnostic advice services available than is currently the case. Services such as aged care advice and debt management advice will become more prominent." The number of advisers will have reduced and the average age ...

Ageing population poses budget threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... spending represents a projected greater demand for government programs that support older Australians - the Age pension, aged care and health. The report says there will be a steady increase towards the 2028 spending numbers. The old-age dependency ratio ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... - which is forecast to grow by 17% over the four years to 2022-23 - was tempered by tighter means-testing, but noted aged care costs would still strongly grow as the population ages.