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Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
More than half of CommSec's new customer base is aged under 35, and more than a quarter of 25 to 34-year-olds directly own shares according to the company's latest analysis. CommSec has undertaken a review of share trading and economic developments ...

Gen Y can drive SMSF growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery sees a growth opportunity for financial advisers by delivering holistic services to increasing SMSF interest among Generation Y clients. Research commissioned by the SMSF Association and nabtrade shows ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... seaside town of Bournemouth, and traveling frequently to London, Braga looks back on those three years with his wife and three young daughters fondly and he really values the experience it gave his young family. "We still talk about that time with a ...

New lifecycle and infrastructure options at Hostplus

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Industry superannuation fund Hostplus has introduced two new investment options as recognition of members progressively seeking defensive, lower-risk options on the approach to retirement. The first new investment option - IFM Australian Infrastructure ...

Telstra Super addressing younger base

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
Telstra Super is preparing to launch an integrated phone and web-based approach for its members amid a growing younger cohort at the corporate superannuation fund. Telstra Super chief executive, Chris Davies, said he was seeing a stronger demand between ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... Investment Trends, Irene Guiamatsia, said some banks have been successful at using their retail banking channel to grow a base of young members. "If they become 'customers for life', like transactional banking customers have been, then these funds could ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... reached, the company would be on track to make an annual donation of approximately $5.5 million to organisations that support young Australians affected by mental illness. The fund will give investors exposure to top global equities fund managers such ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Athens. Its economy has contracted by 25% since 2010 and by 30% since 2009. Its unemployment rate is at 25.6% with 50% of its young ones jobless. As they say, you can't flog a dead horse... but you can still flog the rest of the Eurozone. There's been ...

Australians ill prepared for financial future

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... investments, insurance, savings and budget." Head of alliance and distribution at Bridges Financial Services, Jason Kriss, said few young people had longer term investment plans in place. He said they tended to focus on more short-term goals and assets ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Most Australians tend to retire younger than the current pension age (65), despite growing concerns over longevity risk during retirement. According to AMP.NATSEM's Income and Wealth report, Australians often enter retirement earlier than in Japan ...