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Market volatility making boomers nervous

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
Baby boomers and their advisers are becoming increasing concerned about the effect of market volatility on traditional investments, according to a MetLife poll. MetLife's Market Volatility Poll, conducted in February of this year, included 520 financial ...

Property the key to longevity risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Stacker said self-managed super funds were hesitant to give up defensive assets but had to grow wealth as ageing baby boomers needed to address longevity risk - leaving direct property investment as a natural portfolio fit. Charter Hall's new Direct ...

Equiti to launch US multifamily property fund

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... AUM. Much of the demand for investment in this space is being driven by the rising inability or unwillingness of baby boomers and Generation Yers to own their own home. According to Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
Thousands of 100-year-old baby boomers will live out their last days in poverty unless superannuation changes are passed, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has told delegates at the Conference of Major Super Funds. Minister Shorten, who flew to the Gold ...

Fund manager takes social media to next level

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... through social media, it's their comfort level with the internet." "The demographics of our users range from GenY to Baby Boomers and beyond, people are used to doing everything online these days from bank statements to ebay, the preference for online ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... 22 to 34 ask friends, relatives and colleagues about finances and investing. This compares to just 43 per cent of Baby Boomers and 31 per cent of Boomers' parents that reported the same sources. Further differentiating Gen Y, around 33 per cent or one ...

More tailored advice for baby boomers: Salt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Financial advisers who abandon the 'one-size-fits-all' approach when serving their baby boomer clients are better positioned to grow their business, said Bernard Salt, KPMG partner. Speaking at a Challenger briefing, Salt told over 300 planners and ...

SG war far from over

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Anderson said, "It's a convenient argument when spending someone else's money and then taking a cut on the side. For baby boomers, if 9 per cent is not adequate then 12 per cent by 2020 won't help because most will be retired by then." But for Reynolds ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... found that only one in five Generation Yers have received professional financial advice, compared to over half of baby boomers.

Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... distribution. An aging population means that life insurance and the rate of payouts will probably spike as many of the baby boomers and older generations begin to retire. Yet the unprecedented stats behind people living a lot longer - even outliving ...