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Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Commonwealth insurance scheme for the 80 to 100s with a calibrated, precise product which guarantees people income support, aged care and aged accommodation." "It's a classic model for an insurance scheme, but it's got to be done in the 80 to 100 cohort ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... schools, Hockey said. Pointing out that only 14% of Australians over the age of 65 receive no government payments and that aged care is currently the eighth largest part of government expenditure, Hockey said: "The policies must be changed, either now ...

EQT to buy ANZ Trustees for $150m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... other areas of mutual interest such as the development of solutions to meet the needs of ANZ clients who need access to aged care services. ANZ said the gain from the sale is expected to be invested in a range of specific growth and efficiency initiatives ...

Murray inquiry initial submissions due today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... organisation highlighted in its submission that "Australia faces a sharply increasing demand for acute health care and aged care." "Our view is that without public policy changes demographic developments will adversely affect society's ability to finance ...

Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... pockets identified by Deloitte, those associated with wealth management include retirement living and leisure, residential aged care, reskilling the ageing workforce, and health. "With the combination of the world getting older and wealth in our region ...

Young clients also looking for aged care advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Clients in their mid-thirties tend to seek advice in aged care and estate planning, especially when they have little children to look after. JBS Financial Strategists director Jenny Brown told Financial Standard about a young couple concerned about ...

Providers not meeting demand for aged care products

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
Product providers are being slow at providing advisers with tools adapted to the new aged care legislation coming in on July 2014. "For lots of advisers specialised in aged care, there are not enough tools and all the work around calculations is pretty ...

Aged care likely to cost more after July 1

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
Aged care is likely to get more expensive from July 1, 2014, with the introduction of legislation that will calculate fees through assets and income, rather than income alone. "Each case is different and you need to look at the individual circumstances ...

Advisers should review aged care strategies ahead of reform

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Financial advisers are encouraged to review their clients' aged care strategies ahead of the July 1, 2014 reforms to ensure that the approach taken maximises cash flow and capital preservation. "There are a number of strategies that need to be considered ...

Ex Future Fund exec to tap into aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... Former head of Strategy at Future Fund QIC Tony Day has launched a consulting service focused on direct investment in aged care. Day's Scarce Capital has partnered with specialist consulting firm Round Tower Solutions to provide advice on long term investment ...