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Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Working baby boomers who also receive age pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. The 2018 Budget initiative formed part of Treasurer Scott Morrison's $258.6 million baby ...

Baby boomers unprepared for wealth transfer: Australian Unity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... oldest mutual companies. Referencing an ING report from 2016, Australian Unity said $2.4 trillion will be passed down from the baby boomer generation, which makes it the largest ever intergenerational transfer of wealth of its kind. According to the ...

Millennials faring well financially: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... older generations to rely on professionals when making wealth management decisions, compared to the 26% of Gen X and 24% of Baby Boomers. Millennials are also attempting to protect against more volatile times, with 51% having saved the income of at least ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about oil baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
The Middle Kingdom's supremo, Chinese President Xi Jinpeng, sent equity markets on the up and up. Instead of talking tough and raising the ante on the brewing trade war with the US, Xi announced the opposite. In his speech at the Boao Forum for Asia ...

SMSFs ceding ground to direct investors in the ETF market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... those who currently use or intend to use ETFs in the coming year, 38% were millennials, followed by generation X (32%) and baby boomers (27%). Similarly, the average age of an ETF investor five years ago was 56, while those investing within the last ...

Copia appoints new CFO from Mutual Trust

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... risk-controlled way. This is to ensure that investors have more for longer. "We are entering an era where people, largely ageing baby boomers, will redefine their investment needs and will demand a different investment approach. Investors approaching ...

O'Dwyer proposes TRIS changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... Rainmaker technical services manager Chris Chow says what was once a cornerstone of tax minimisation strategies for wealthy baby boomers, the changes to the concessional tax treatment of a TRIS has significantly changed the financial advice landscape. ...

Super funds that embrace change will prevail: DST

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... in the world. DST suggested super funds and insurers are collectively challenged by two key issues: the rising number of baby boomers entering retirement and the general trend towards higher life expectancies in the country. "These two factors are placing ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... against specialising. "When we first started advising Gen-Y we also owned a private client business that focused on helping HNW baby boomers. We soon identified that all elements of the advice process from marketing to educating, to fact finding, to ...

REST rolls out its millennial pitch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... 36.2%, Millennials sit at 14.6% and Generation Z is up from zero to 1.9%. This corresponds with the declining market share of Baby Boomers (39.7%) and pre-Boomers (7.5%) as greater numbers enter the decumulation phase. Related story: Younger generations ...