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Tuning in to Generation Next: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... their member's attention while ipac's executive chair Arun Abey will talk about behavioural finance and how it applies to Gen X and Y-ers. ASFA chief Pauline Vamos said that while Generation Next has largely been overlooked because they have relatively ...

KiwiSaver to drive fin literacy

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
Gen X and Y Kiwis will be much more financially savvy than their predecessors because of the KiwiSaver scheme, predicts BT Funds Management. The New Zealand arm of BT Funds Management claims that in less than 20 years, an increasing number of young ...

Online insurance lost in cyberspace

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
Australians shopping for insurance online can save up to ten per cent more than buying them through conventional means - but the online revolution seems to be slow on the uptake, a new survey shows. According to a recent Allianz poll, only 32 per cent ...

Advice that spans three generations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
... he said. "The key is estate planning. If advisers can have a more active role in estate planning then that will lead to Gen X and Gen Y. "This module is really giving the advisers the tools to market to these people and also give an appropriate solut ...

Meet the mini-institutions

For all the talk about the investment industry ignoring Gen Xers and Gen Yers in favour of baby boomers, one industry expert has said the segment, which he refers to as "the mini-institutional investors", are not well served. Julian Smith, a director ...

Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
Association of Financial Advisers 2007 Rising Star winner Chris Browne has suggested Australia could end its Gen X and Y housing affordability problems by extending tax deductions on margin loans to home loans. He said while the idea was not a new one ...

Gen X and baby boomers clash on FP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
The recent sub prime-related market re-rating has exposed a divide between how retirees and younger investors perceive the performance of their financial planner. According to the Lifeplan University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial ...

AFA makes room for Gen Xers

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
The AFA Board has established a new adviser council, focused on and run by members under the age of forty, to help grow young adviser numbers. The AFA National GenXt Adviser Council will focus on professional development activities and network development ...

Gen X-ers choose brokers over banks

... 27 per cent of those surveyed used a broker to select their current mortgage, the number increases dramatically among the Gen X-ers, with half of respondents aged under 35 using a broker instead of going through banks. "With younger people choosing non-traditional ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

... of initiatives that will help improve the financial literacy of its 470,000-odd members, including the largely overlooked Gen X and Gen Y segments. A major supporter of the Financial Literacy Foundation, which features money guru Paul Clitheroe on the ...