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Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... to the consensus view that older Australians are tired with super policy tinkering, a new survey of predominantly baby boomers shows that people are open to changes to the rules that promote fairness and contribute to the system's overall sustainability. ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... The survey found that a greater number of Gen Y have a long term financial plan (48%) compared to Gen X (38%) and Baby Boomers (37%). A growing number of respondents also believe that financial advice is 'only for the wealthy', in 2012, 17% of respondents ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... $20,000 - we don't support that. We think it would make it extremely hard for older workers to catch up, and women and baby boomers to catch up. It just reduces the amount of retirement money they can put in to superannuation," Loane said. Modeling conducted ...

Annuity sales growth drive up Challenger 1H16 profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... development given the growing number of Australian retirees: "We are five years into a 20-year cycle of retiring 'baby boomers'. With over 700 Australians turning 65 every day, ensuring this fast-growing cohort doesn't run out of money is one of the ...

BetaShares goes global with third managed risk product

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... stock exchanges of the world's major developed economies. It has been specifically designed to meet the needs of SMSFs and baby-boomers, who are seeking global equity exposure but who may be concerned about uncertain financial markets. "In a volatile ...

Omniwealth names new COO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... planning has been overlooked or misunderstood by a lot of professionals advising SMEs. The progressive retirement of baby boomers has brought the question of succession to centre stage for many companies and their family owner members."

FEATURE: Inflation plus investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... consultant at Milliman's Australian financial risk management practice. Macro trends such as the aging population and baby boomers moving to retirement mean that the industry needs to figure out what they need, "how we help them live a dignified retirement." ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... an average score of 58% versus 56%. Millennials (18-34) were the most knowledgeable with an average score of 58%; Baby Boomers (55+) scored the lowest average at 52%; and Generation X (35-54) were the most knowledgeable when it came to medical and travel ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... accelerated growth post-GFC, Perpetual Private head of strategic advice Colin Lewis suggested it may also be because baby boomers exiting the accumulation phase are less interested in running their own funds in retirement. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... there." "If you look at the people who think they're going to be better off in retirement - it's the Gen Ys. The baby boomers who are right on the cusp of retirement have perhaps already accumulated account balances, and are much more likely to have ...