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Wealth transfer poses advice business risk

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... professionals they have been working with. Wealth managers can cash in on this relationship." "However, as the HNW population is ageing, we are on the verge of what is likely to be the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. Different studies ...

Countplus chair steps down after 11 years

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... helping the company capture "organic growth opportunities." "We see a near-term supply and demand bottleneck. Demand from ageing consumers reaching retirement age, the need for sound wealth counsel is rising in Australia, yet the supply of non-conflicted ...

RARE fund receives Lonsec tick

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... The RARE Infrastructure Income Fund (formerly the RARE Yield Fund), which is designed to help meet the income needs of an ageing population, received the rating as a result of the Lonsec's strong conviction that the fund can generate risk adjusted returns ...

IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... Sung-hoon said he welcomes the partnership with IFM in a time when the global infrastructure market is expected to grow. "With ageing infrastructure in developed markets needing replacement, and tougher regulations on environment; as well as increasing ...

Elder financial abuse requires education

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... financial abuse requires increased education for trustees and advisers, not stricter legislation. The dangers emerging from an ageing population and cognitive decline makes elderly superannuation fund members more vulnerable to financial risk, but the ...

SSGA expands active managed funds business

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... employed quite a measured approach to distribution," Johnston said, noting the team recognises many advisers are serving an ageing investor base with increasingly complex needs. "Because of this, they are looking for greater efficiency and governance ...

'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... overall satisfaction, according to presenters at this years' Conference of Major Super Funds. At a session on retirement and ageing, researcher Justine Irving, university Professor Kim Halford, and AMP Capital's Jeff Rogers highlighted the benefits of ...

Australian Unity enters trustee services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Australian population ages and personal circumstances become more complex, for instance with blended families, diseases of ageing such as dementia, and varied superannuation positions," he said. The move was earmarked in 2015, when Australian Unity Personal ...

AMP Capital partners for Irish healthcare assets

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... AMP Capital Irish Infrastructure Fund principal Philip Doyle said. "At a time when demographics are shifting towards an ageing population, we see a real opportunity for private sector investment to play a key role in further developing healthcare in ...

Super playing dangerous risk game: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
The long-term investment horizon favoured by superannuation funds is putting Australia's ageing population at risk, according to a new Milliman paper. The paper argues that the priority on long-term net returns highlighted in the Productivity Commission's ...