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Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... compulsory retirement savings can now be a power for good with Bendigo, potentially over many decades." Rohan said he also expects baby boomers, especially those who were responsible for organising some of the most significant campaigns to protect Australia's ...

Retirement needs higher purpose: ASFA CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... some sort of higher purpose that gives definition to retirement." Fahy says the key player in this transformation will be baby boomers and "we need them to re-conceptualise retirement." In a wide-ranging and passionate speech, Fahy said among all the ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... April 1994 and February 1995 (from 3.00% to 6.00%. Perhaps this time is different. Janet, after all, promised to lift in baby steps. Indications are she could, because the strong US dollar would help reduce pressure on inflation. But whether the market ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Investors should be aware of their exposure to carbon-intensive assets. Ageing will potentially create economic divergences as baby boomers in the developed world look to retire and draw down on their assets, thereby placing upward pressure on bond yields. ...

BetaShares develops new ethical ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... industry," Vynokur said. "US industry research shows 41% of millennials use ETFs, compared with 25% of Gen Xers and only 17% of baby boomers. Additionally, millennials are twice as likely to invest in companies that seek to have positive environmental ...

Advice firm creates aged care subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Jarrett has her full aged-care accreditation - said the business targets a massive growth area given the increasing number of baby boomers preparing for retirement. "We wanted to be able to offer a range of services, from people who simply want to come ...

The era of the retirement consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
The looming wave of retiring baby boomers is paving the way for the creation of the 'retirement consultant.' According to a new paper from actuarial consultancy Milliman, the need for the assistance of a consultant focused solely on the implications ...

Property not the answer for passive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... there are few industries in Australia with as obviously bright prospects. "An ageing population, as well as a generation of baby boomers who took up aerobics and jogging for the first time, almost ensures a growing conga-line of hospital visits, also ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... economic output and returns. "Perhaps the most that demographics have ever been considered in investment circles is the "baby boom" phenomenon. This bulge is a relatively temporary issue and is less structurally threatening than the far bigger demographic ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... confident about the continued growth momentum in the US economy - good for equities not so for bonds. But steps that are "baby" enough not to cause sharp spasms that would spook financial markets - good for equities and prevent sharper increases in bond ...