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Mariner veteran sets up A3L

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... traditional residential investments, things that fall under the state retirement villages act, service departments, aged care and related medical facilities that focus on communities which are predominantly resided by people in the "55-plus" category ...

Disability review assesses role of insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... is appropriate in Australia. The investigation would also examine how a new scheme would fit in the country's health, aged care and injury insurance system. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare research found around 2.3 million Australians will ...

AMP signs MOU with China Life

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... to rise to more than 430 million, or 31 per cent of the population. This trend has significant implications for the aged care sector and other areas of social infrastructure, areas in which AMP also has investment expertise," Dunn said. AMP was also ...

Today is the International Day of Older Persons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... minutes. This massive demographic shift is forcing countries around the world and Australia in particular to focus on aged care and retirement policies even if it means restructuring Budget priorities, as Australia is finding. "We have campaigned for ...

Of population growth and surpluses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... people. Population growth increases the economy's potential growth rate. Ageing population growth provides employment to aged care-related services. But whatever happens, a forecast is a forecast is a forecast. It's a guesstimate of what could be given ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... Thursday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) assistant governor of economics, Malcolm Edey, speaks at the Foundation for Aged Care breakfast. The RBA monthly Bulletin is released. The Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) sales of new motor vehicles ...

AUI trust posts solid returns, holds value

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... Smith. The Healthcare Property Trust is rated 'highly recommended' by Lonsec. This month, the fund bought a Sydney based aged care facility from Australian Unity's Retirement Living Services division for more than $15 million. AUI's Healthcare Property ...

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... and Aviva. He specialises in technical financial planning including superannuation, personal investment, aged pension, aged care, estate planning and insurance. Financial planners and advisory groups interested in submitting white papers for possible ...

Mariner targets European aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
Mariner Financial is planning an $800 million buying spree of European aged care infrastructure assets as part of a joint venture deal with German-based property financier HSH Real Estate. While Babcock & Brown is busy offloading some of its infrastructure ...

Pensioners power unplugged

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... pensioner groups to last week's Federal Budget highlights how crucial superannuation will be to taking the fiscal edge off aged care benefit entitlements. The government, seemingly caught offguard by the criticism, has said a review of pension rates ...