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Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... factors continue to strongly support our strategy. "In addition, an ageing demography underwrites the need for quality aged care and supports our US seniors housing "private pay" strategy via the ROC Seniors Funds."

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... policy favouring consumer directed care. This has led to increased interest by PE in allied health services in both the aged care and disability sectors, with the National Disability Insurance Scheme also creating opportunities for PE," Casali said. ...

VicSuper highlights retirement struggles

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... (39%) were worried they would not have the money to maintain their standard of living in retirement and 58% felt that aged care would be too expensive. Dundon said products like VicSuper's guaranteed income products can provide an extra layer of financial ...

Ageing societies threaten to undermine global economy

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... obviously presents major issues for all ageing economies, particularly in regards to the rising fiscal expenditure on aged care. Jackson argued that the jury is effectively out on how to handle that issue. He argued tax hikes to increase revenue for ...

Technical Services Forum shines light on leading specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
Technical services managers from IOOF and ANZ took the scholarship awards for UNSW Retirement Planning and Aged Care courses at the final Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum for 2016. Ling Wang and Rahul Sing, technical services managers ...

US core property on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... He considers the investments straight forward and targeting a resident from 18 to 55 years old. Metten flagged that aged care property, as an operating business, is a burgeoning market and becoming more institutionalised on the back of demand from a ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... would set aside funds that are not drawn upon until a later date, such as a specified age or for a specific need like aged care. The concept may result in higher or lower incomes for retirees compared to purchasing a deferred lifetime annuity (DLA) ...

Strategy Steps sold to knowIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... 2016, the sale of Strategy Steps will let previous owners Louise Biti and Assayat David to focus on the expansion of aged care advice solutions business, Aged Care Steps. David said the pair developed Strategy Steps to a level of maturity and are excited ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... 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 can imitate other countries such as North America ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... enormous role they can play in alleviating the emotional stress and administrative burden of helping people into managed aged care by forming relationships directly with care facilities in their local area, according to BUPA's Jane McNab. Addressing ...