How investors can benefit from aging demographics

Johan Utterman, manager of the Lombard Odier Golden Age fund, outlines the problem of aging populations and highlights a number of stocks investors can buy to access the theme.

Demographics: The alarming stats Getting older is scary in more ways than one. As we live longer and have fewer children, economies are creaking under the strain. Today one in six people in the UK are over 65. By 2050 this number will reach one in four. But behind these alarming demographics are opportunities to invest in companies serving the needs of older people. Wealthy elders Many people from the older generation have built up considerable assets. In Britain alone, nearly two million people over 60 years old have over £1mn pounds of total wealth, including property....