LLP has revalued one third of its Australian retirement portfolio and all of its New Zealand portfolio, with a draft report that it has declined in value by approximately 5%. They report this is a consequence of a rise in the average portfolio discount rate from 12.5% to 13%. The average growth rate has remained unchanged at 4% per annum. There loan to valuation ratio is expected to be approximately 31%. They also report they are likely to breach their interest rate cover ratio with their financiers because of these revaluations - which they will have to work out that banks.
Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform
The Senate has voted to establish two new Senate inquiries into the Government’s historic aged care reforms, rollout out on the weekend after years of preparation, amid concerns they will not deliver for older Australians.