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CFS launches Millennial-targeted super option

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... retirement savings above inflation." He added: "We have 12 FirstChoice Lifestage options, ranging from one for the first Baby Boomers through to our Millennial cohort, and we manage more than $3 billion in assets in these options."

Boomers driving interest in PAFs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Baby boomers are driving an increase in the establishment of private ancillary funds (PAFs) following liquidity events such as the sales of a business, according to national accounting and advisory firm William Buck. A PAF is a philanthropic trust structure ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... Australians to reconsider the value of this strategy alongside partial retirement. "What is very clear is that Generation X, Baby Boomers and existing retirees will need to take a careful look at their position to understand and interpret what the changes ...

Boomers surprisingly open to fair super tax changes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... Contrary 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
... in 2014. 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% ...

FSC sends final budget message

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... to $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 ...

Annuity sales growth drive up Challenger 1H16 profit

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... critical 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 ...

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 ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Where have all the buyers gone? Two weeks into the new year and they're still MIA. Given recent events, they appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations ...

Omniwealth names new COO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... succession 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."