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Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... particularly given other long-term budgetary pressures as the population ages, such as calls for higher spending on health and aged care, and relatively lower revenue from personal income taxes." The paper also warns repeatedly about "bracket creep" ...

New ASFA course focuses on post-retirement

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... retirement, as well as the development and delivery of income streams, retirement planning, social security payments, aged care and estate planning. It is aimed at administrators and contact centre staff working for the funds and service providers, product ...

Prime Super appoints independent director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... Treasury and PricewaterhouseCoopers. According to Prime Super's statement, she has "extensive knowledge of the health and aged care industries." "Her commitment to ensuring all Australians have the opportunity to age well and live dignified lives as ...

AMP Capital buys Sydney hospital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... New South Wales government during the next stage of its development," AMP Capital head of social infrastructure and aged care Julie-Anne Mizzi said. "The market for social infrastructure investment in Australia remains strong and we expect to see further ...

AMP Capital trims global infrastructure equity team

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... role as head of separately managed accounts and origination in Australia and New Zealand. The social infrastructure and aged care areas will also be combined and headed up by Julie-Anne Mizzi, who is currently AMP Capital community infrastructure fund ...

Centuria partners with Mason Stevens to deliver credit bond

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... across accumulation and retirement phases." According to Centuria, the bond is best-suited for estate planning, funding aged care and/or providing education expenses for children or grandchildren. Growth and earnings are taxed at a maximum of 30%; this ...

NZ Super and Infratil buy RetireAustralia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2015
New Zealand Super has joined forces with Infratil to buy major Australian aged care facility operator RetireAustralia. The sovereign wealth fund and the asset manager will take 50% each after entering into a sale and purchase agreement worth $640.2 ...

Challenger negotiates Care Annuity compromise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... the Challenger Care Annuity. However, Challenger has agreed to redesign the product in line with the new 'user pays' aged care policies introduced on 1 July before it is put back on the market. In a release to the ASX this morning, Challenger stated ...

Government explains Challenger annuity mix-up

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... 2012.A The product hasn't changed since then.A Care's customers are ACAT-assessed very elderly people, mainly residing in aged care facilities. They derived unique benefits from holding the Care Annuity including paying lower daily aged care fees because ...

Challenger Care Annuity sales suspended

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... Services (DSS) informed Challenger that the Care Annuity, which provides a lifetime income to people in need of full-time aged care, had "been incorrectly assessed in the past resulting in incorrect social security payments". In an announcement to the ...