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Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... Cover-More, Super Retail and Billabong - as well as those that exceeded expectations, such as Breville and Primary Health Care," Campbell said. "As a result, many extreme-priced quality growth names are struggling to sustain lofty valuations, regardless ...

Advisers looking for longevity and aged care solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... She argued that many Australians misunderstand the true costs of aged care, noting that for the accommodation and health care services provided in a typical (heavily government-subsidised) residential care facility, the cost itself is actually small ...

Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... it appears to be the same people moving around. "About a third of employment growth in recent years has come from health care and another chunk from education." Toth acknowledged the economic headline numbers for Australia are okay "but they're not great." ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... in Brisbane last year to highlight the immediacy in which super funds must address ongoing needs in aged care and health care. "When you look at the costs and expenses of retirement and you start to do the projections, a lot of the projections assume ...

HESTA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... January 1 and is the nominee for the Australian Private Hospitals Association. Currently he is chief executive at Ramsay Health Care. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer, Australian and Asian operations at Group Financial Controller-Hospital ...

Aged care, gold opportunity for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... Funds of Australia (ASFA) released the discussion paper 'The future interaction of superannuation with aged care and health care', which includes research by CoreData assessing community attitudes towards aged care. The paper found that 41.8% of people ...

Aged care conundrum for superannuation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... ASFA conference in Brisbane, Vamos also released a discussion paper on the interaction between super, aged care and health care. The paper says that by 2055, Australian government Aged Care expenditure is projected to rise from 0.9% of GDP in 2014-15 ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... executive also said a conversation needs to be had about how retirees use their income stream to fund services such as health care and aged care. Vamos' comments were responding to a research paper prepared for the forum by Monash University professor ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... seems it shows the explosive power that can be unleashed when people decide to move in one direction. The community health care industry fund HESTA triggered a similar effect last month when after 18 months of reviewing its investment in the Transfield ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... to many other countries, the local industry still faces challenges. "In the coming decades the increasing costs of health care, aged care and pensions will put significant strain on the national balance sheet and, like many countries, we're looking at ...