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UK asset manager acquires stake in retirement funder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... investor on board with experience in this market segment and who recognises that Household Capital is an innovator in home equity retirement funding with a clear values-based focus on customer outcomes." Legal & General Retail Retirement chief executive ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... ascertain the degree to which retirees are supported by superannuation, the age pension and other savings including home equity. "However, as evident from a recent survey, Australia's retirees do not feel fully supported by the Australia's retirement ...

National Seniors partners with retirement funder

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... "We've fielded calls from financial advisers, brokers and aged care advisers, as well as individuals, looking to access home equity for a range of purposes." Earlier this year the firm co-funded a UNSW study into the lag in Australia's uptake of reverse ...

University to probe reverse mortgages

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... Capital chief executive Dr. Joshua Funder said: "Overseas markets have been expanding rapidly to provide access to home equity to fund retirement." "We're delighted to work with UNSW Business School to understand the needs of Australian retirees ...

Retirement funder partners with ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... home and their Age Pension. "Retirees want to stay at home, but many are struggling to make ends meet as they age." Home equity for example, can also be used to fund in-home care and support the transition to aged care, he said, adding this approach ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... equity from the family home to fund living expenses. Chief executive Joshua Funder said the loan combines a retiree's home equity, superannuation and Age Pension to provide adequate, reliable, lifelong retirement funding while the retiree continues to ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... to the financial system" because "past gains in house prices have left most homeowners with significant amounts of home equity, and growth in jobs and incomes should help keep the financial obligations of most households manageable." While still orderly ...

Lenders must recognise millennial wealth strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... are using several methods, the most common being margin lending products. Next is a line of credit secured against home equity and home loan redraw facilities. "These borrowers firmly believe in gearing's effectiveness as a wealth creation strategy ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... head of Australian equities Leslie Mao conceded that there can be multiple reasons for underperformance, including home equity bias, investors imposing constraints and risk aversion. However, he said, "the most common mistake we have observed is the ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... of global pension assets by Willis Towers Watson found that Australia was second only to the United States in its home equity bias," the draft legislation explained. When regulators in two "sufficiently equivalent jurisdictions" agree to recognise aspects ...