Gosling's Grouse: Funding the Golden Age

It is hard to think of the 'positives' of an ageing population in the UK, writes Lawrence Gosling.

'Global Ageing Offers a Silver Lining to Investors,' according to an investment note from PGIM, the asset management division of US company Prudential Financial. It is a fair point, and not the hardest investment trend to understand with opportunities in housing, silvertech, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. But in the UK it is a bit harder to think of the 'positives' of an ageing population as we are continually struggling to find realistic solutions to demographic challenges. Long-term care as a product has always been problematic, not least from a cost perspective, and the care h...