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Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
As the need for aged care grows, so too does the need for specialised aged care financial advice. Estimating that less than 10% of advisers regularly provide aged care advice, Challenger is calling on financial advisers to become more educated on the ...

O'Dwyer names CIPR advisory group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... substantial expertise and experience from across the consumer and superannuation sector, including in asset management, aged care, consumer protection, product development and compliance, academia, and law." Following advice from the group the Government ...

Advisers can fill aged care demand gap: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The growing demand for aged care planning will shift financial advisers' service offering and provide a new source of revenue in the medium-term, a joint study by Aged Care Steps and Swiss Re reveals. The research, which explored the challenges and ...

Planners preferred over super for wealthier retirees: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... their retirement savings while the key need for dependent retirees is information about the financial considerations of aged care," Choi said. "While age is an obvious driver of the lifestyles represented by these segments, it is not the only contributing ...

Modern business demands driving adviser education uptake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... many of the courses seeing an upswing. For those focused on enhancing their advice knowledge, intergenerational wealth, aged care, wealth protection and transfer, succession planning and self-managed superannuation are proving popular. A recent Financial ...

AMP Capital adds key social infrastructure asset

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... up to 1200 researchers and provides education and training facilities. AMP Capital head of social infrastructure and aged care, Julie-Anne Mizzi described the acquisition as a great start to the year for the fund. "The VCCC deal follows a successful ...

Building successful aged care advice businesses

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Financial planners attempting to create a one-size-fits-all approach for fees covering aged care advice do so at their own peril, an industry expert warns. Strategic Financial Planning adviser Jacqui Hayes, a dedicated aged care specialist, said advisory ...

Perth planner named Professional of the Year

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... to execute complex strategies. Brink also takes the lead in mentoring new staff and provides pro bono assistance to aged care and Centrelink clients, the FPA said. Azaria Bell of Griffith University collected the University Student of the Year Award ...

New advice firm taps young professional market

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... will look like. We're gearing up to be a lot busier than we thought over the Christmas break." Steering away from the aged care and retirement end of the advice market, Fox & Hare is targeting young professionals aged 25-45 to assist with short-to-medium ...

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... national lobby groups for older Australians has called for more involvement from industry superannuation funds in the aged care sector. At a roundtable hosted by Industry Super Australia and over 50s consumer group Council on the Ageing (COTA Australia) ...