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How advisers can capture young risk clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... complexity and their lengthy application processes act as a deterrent for many would-be customers." In capturing the Millennial market, the first step is using different channels like social media, podcasts, review sites and YouTube is much more likely ...

Not-so-Zuper: Super disruptor folds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
Having failed to reach sufficient scale, the millennial superannuation fund will close its doors next month. Closed to new members as of March 10, existing Zuper members have now received word that the offering will cease to exist from April 30 - just ...

Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... member and adviser demand coupled with the opportunity in its 30,000 clients aged 50 or over. "People think of Raiz as a millennial tool but it's not. It's cost effective and it's easy to use. We do the reporting, give a daily contract, a monthly ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... Rainmaker found that super's gender inequality is present at all stages of a woman's working life. Women make up 50% of millennial super accounts, yet their account balances represent only 43% of the age groups respective funds under management. Women ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
New research shows superannuation funds with females holding an executive position continue to outperform male counterparts. Of the 50 super funds analysed in Rainmaker's annual W-Index, one-third of leadership roles such as chairs of the board ...

Superhero to launch super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
Online trading platform Superhero will go after the $2.9 trillion superannuation market, launching an APRA-regulated fund in early 2021. While the super fund is open to everyone, it is eyeing members with an average age of 30 with a minimum of $10,000. ...

Spaceship delivers for millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
Spaceship is the best-value superannuation for younger members, which, based on new research, is outperforming its competitors by a long shot. Rainmaker's newly-released June 2020 Benchmarking report found Spaceship outclassed its peers in terms ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
In the wake of the pandemic impact investors in the United States and United Kingdom have continued to focus their attention on prioritising healthcare, new research shows. American Century Investments latest study reveals the disparity of responses ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... inflow of 265,000 first-time investors. "First-time investors typically consist of young Australians in the Zoomer or Millennial age group, but the pandemic-induced lockdown has accelerated these trends," he said. The majority of these first-time investors ...