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Planners prepare for retirement shock

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... might actually hinge on their soft skills and how well they serve the most influential generation of our time - the baby boomers - predicts a planning expert. Paul McKeon, founder of a business dedicated to baby boomers and their lifestyle needs, said ...

Baby boomers eye income equity

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... offering, the six-month old Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund, has won a place in three major platforms - signalling baby boomers' increasing appetite for income equity strategies. Craig Hobart, head of retail at Tyndall Investment Management, said ...

Baby boomers hang on to investments

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
Baby Boomers may be sitting tight with their investment strategies, but many are arming themselves with education and taking a more prudent investment approach in a bid to ride out the GFC, new research shows. The latest Retire Ready survey from Commonwealth ...

Boomers to postpone retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... found 44 per cent of respondents said they would have to postpone their retirement. Almost 60 per cent of Australian baby boomers believe domestic shares will fall further in the next six months and 69 per cent said the global sharemarkets would do the ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... had was easy to be had. It had been 18 long years since Australia suffered a debilitating recession, and even many baby boomers have forgotten what it looks like. Life for all of us Australians had been paradise... until now. Yesterday's announcement ...

Baby boomers hold retirement plans

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
A new consumer survey revealed one third of baby boomers are rethinking their retirement plans as super fund balances fall amid bad markets. The Milliman consumer superannuation survey, which was run between the extremely unstable months of September ...

HNW shell shocked about nest eggs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... Australians between 45 and 64 in October, also found most people said poor super returns are their main concern. Baby boomers are certainly becoming more aware of the financial crisis, with 83 per cent stating their super performance would be hit by ...

Lifeplan keeps it in the family

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... them to develop a relationship with the beneficiaries," said Walsh. According to the firm, the wealth transfer from 'baby boomers' to generation X and Y over the next decade is estimated at $600 billion, representing an opportunity for financial advisers ...

Shift ad budget for Gen Y: Williams

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... Developing a greater online presence could also provide an opportunity to communicate with other demographics such as the 'baby boomers'. "Boomers are certainly coming online, once they get comfortable with the technology their uptake in use is exponential," ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... incomes and capital markets that followed on from the Hawke/Keating structural reforms. "We can now not look after the Baby Boomers," he added. "Any of the baby Boomers can't now be in the system long enough to replace their income." The super-charging ...