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Invesco acquires RetireAustralia for $845m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... living sector. "The country's aging population, coupled with their rising wealth, is driving demand for alternative aged care solutions, and RetireAustralia's care-centric operating model is well positioned to meet this need," Chou said. "This investment ...

FAAA expands specialist education programs

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... Specialisations Program, urging eligible education providers to sign up. The program has historically included specialisations in aged care, life risk and the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation, but the FAAA is now seeking education ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... said. "Nearly 80% of HESTA's more than one million members are women, working in typically lower-paid industries such as aged care and early childhood education. Many take time out of the workforce to care for children or loved ones, and this further ...

Now is the best time to invest in infrastructure: Palisade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... isn't enough capital for the number of opportunities presenting across different areas, such as technology, energy, and aged care. "There are more opportunities than there have ever been, and there's less capital in the space," Rigg said. "We're ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... unclaimed. There are over 31,000 PALM workers filling labour shortages in rural and regional Australia's agriculture, aged care, hospitality, and tourism sectors as of March. Uni SA senior lecturer and manager of its tax clinic Rob Whait highlighted ...

European property draws interest from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... sum to Heitman for investment in alternative property types, including self-storage, student housing, residential and aged care. Since 2017 HESTA has had a mandate with Heitman through its US core investment strategy, which is worth about $240 million. ...

Aged care reforms pushed to November

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
The government is delaying the implementation of the new Aged Care Act until November 1 following widespread concerns that stakeholders weren't given enough time to prepare. The new legislation was due to commence from 1 July 2025. Now, it will be effective ...

New sustainable real assets boutique eyes housing, aged care

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... not-for-profit sector to incorporate sustainable investment finance for investment in real assets required by the health, aged care, and education sectors. "In the current environment where governments are struggling to plug the gap for the enormous ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... entity". Molesworth said the corporatised structure, dedicated management team, and a range of specialist capabilities in aged care, estate planning and life insurance advice that are on offer will steer the business forward. "As a small business, Rob ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... obligation on superannuation trustees to provide advice on key areas of retirement to consumers, like, estate planning, aged care, and the Age Pension, including the Home Equity Access Scheme. She noted that funds have little commercial incentive to ...