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Millennials faring well financially: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... older contemporaries. Despite 40% of millennials saying they find it either difficult or very difficult to meet cost of living expenses, they are the most optimistic about their future. Of the broader population, more than half (56%) said they feel optimistic ...

Labor's amended cash dividend refunds fall short: SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said: "We believe in a fair go for pensioners. We know they are struggling with the cost of living, especially with out of control power prices and Turnbull's cuts to Medicare." Bowen said SMSFs with at least one pensioner ...

Pre-retirees confident about nest egg: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... 59-year-olds; females; non-owner housing occupiers; those with no major investments and low income earners. The rising cost of living, global macroeconomic issues and increased government regulation or external factors are top of mind for 55% of people ...

Pre-retirees lack confidence about retirement: Qantas Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... secure about retirement savings. More than half of the participants felt external factors like US economy, rising cost of living, and regulation changes affected their ability to save for retirement. "We are among the best retirement systems in the world. ...

Stressed Aussies increasingly tempted to access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... result, only 31.2% of Australian adults were considered financially secure in 2016 - down from 35.7% in 2015. "The cost of living is a real concern for many Australian households so when they are hit with an unexpected bill it can be difficult to bounce ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... never be able to afford to buy their home. "Current economic conditions combined with low wage growth and the high cost of living is making it extremely difficult for first home buyers, and Australians in general, to remain positive about their ability ...

Lifeplan bond 'highly recommended'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... demonstrate the value of advice to younger clients, who want help achieving their medium term goals and meeting cost of living challenges," Walsh said. "There remains a lot of mythology about scholarship fund style products. Our education bond is a consumer-first ...

Majority of Australians without financial plan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... (currently aged 7-21) will be financially worse off than their own generation, with 46% attributing this to the cost of living being higher than previous generations expected (57%). There is also a view that generation Z spend more money on travel and ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... create a more sustainable pension system, but argues it will be a lot of the little day-to-day increases to the cost of living which will cause an immediate sting to those losing their partial pension. "If people are losing the Age Pension, the changes ...

New wave of retirees to challenge advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... insufficient savings, investments and superannuation; low interest rates for up to two decades; and escalating cost of living/health/medical expenses." Wiseman argues that longer life expectancy, insufficient superannuation savings and mature age children ...