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Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) has launched a new placement program for the younger generations of family foundations and PAFs designed to ignite philanthropic interest. The Immerse program involves taking six to eight people between the ...

Decouple next-gen education from estate planning conversation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Financial education for younger generations from families of wealth should be a separate issue from wealth transfer planning and deserves to be treated as such. That's the message from Andrew Hewison, director and private client adviser at boutique ...

Adviser fee structures hit the spotlight

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2011
... asset-based fees they need to think about how to offset that message to their clients. He reassured advisers that the younger generation would be happy to pay for advice. "I know a Generation Y," he said. "They pay $80 a week for a personal trainer ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Dutch pension system will soon introduce a new pension contract that would tackle the dual challenges of longevity risk and an ageing population. The Netherlands has a mandatory pension system based on generous defined benefits but an ageing population ...

Birth of the iPad adviser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... their friends and family while on the go (through Facebook and Twitter), means Synchron is responding to the younger generation's lifestyle - in and out of work. "This is not just a gimmick," she said. Meanwhile, 26-year-old Sam Harrington, a financial ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... another's and then another's. Until expectations taken together become a self-fulfilling prophecy. For the younger generation, this expectations bias had been clearly demonstrated in the dotcom bubble and the pre-sub-prime equity bull market. Expectations ...

Aussies fear online fin services

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Care to seek online financial advise or arrange a credit card via the Internet? No thanks, says nearly 4.2 million Australians. New research from Datamonitor show that Australian consumers are divided regarding online financial services. Around 27 per ...

Segmentation prompts industry warning

MICHAEL HOBBS, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
Despite a focus on the younger generation driving a segmented approach to marketing, super funds must correctly implement the strategy to ensure its older members aren't ignored, according to Robin Bowerman, Vanguard Investments head of retail. "If ...

Plum podcasts

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
Plum Financial Services is targeting Gen Y with a move to podcasting information the first step in a multi-channel communications strategy. Managing director, Mike Fitzsimons, said the move to podcast the Plum member newsletter was the first step in ...

Housing and super can work together: Max Super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
The New Zealand Government's proposal to let their KiwSaver scheme members divert part of their super into home mortgages may not be as crazy as it seems, particularly if it helps boost total retirement savings. "The Australian Government should look ...