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Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... David Knox is warning increased pressure will be placed on global retirement systems if government policies do not adapt to ageing populations and declining birth rates. Knox fired the warning as the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index was launched ...

ANZ appoints former Finance Department boss

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... government roles, including secretary of the Australian Department of Health, secretary for the Department of Health and Ageing, and deputy secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. She began her career in public service at the Australian ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... cities," she said. The most recent research report from TH Real Estate outlines how urbanisation, rising middle classes, ageing populations, technology advancements and the shift of economic power from the West is having a significant impact on the built ...

How a niche can add value

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... business model aimed squarely at those in or approaching retirement. "We specialise in pre- and post-retirees so with an ageing population, we feel like demand for our advice will only increase," he said. Reed added that his firm, The Retirement Advice ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes and assisted living facilities. According to Deves, if the region ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... changes in the way it is funded. Recent legislation has cut government funding to services amid a budget deficit and an ageing population. Service providers are increasingly having to balance the pressure of having high occupancy and generating the most ...

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... In a speech at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney's Barangaroo, Cooper reiterated the looming impact of an ageing population and said now was the time to safeguard the sustainability of the super system. "Australia is facing an acute demographic ...

Equity Trustees restructures philanthropy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... key categories. Children and young people will receive $1.8 million, medical research and health will get $3.6 million, ageing and aged care receives $2.2 million, $1 million goes to animals and the environment and the company's partnerships program ...

AU wins Herston Quarter mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... Herston Quarter project in Brisbane. Australian Unity plans to develop and play a continued role in an integrated health, ageing and research precinct in the Herston Quarter, which aims to provide Queenslanders with access to leading health, hospital ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... on healthcare has increased strongly across the globe in recent decades, driven by rising living standards, population ageing and improvements in innovation and technology," said BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur. "Through DRUG, investors can ...