On top of its retirement village expansion, AMP will now indirectly controlled 5,000 beds in aged care, which is 3% of the Australian market. Principal Healthcare Group, part of AMP Capital Investors, paid $300 million for Domain Aged Cares 16 aged care facilities. The next largest operator is Britain's BUPA, which bought the Amity group last year with 3,600 beds.


Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
