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Fund manager takes social media to next level

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Australian equities boutique fund manager NakedFunds Management has incorporated social media into its daily dealings with both its investors and potential clients. Using a Facebook-like interactive page, NakedFunds uses online capabilities to survey ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
Generation Yers are seeking advice much sooner than their parents, but not always from the usual sources, with around 33 per cent using social media for financial advice. Based on a survey of 963 adults aged between 21 and 80 years, conducted by TD ...

Dutch pension tackles longevity risk and ageing population

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... affordability of the system," she said. Besides longevity risk, an ageing population is also an issue. Bos said the baby boomer generation is squeezing through the population pyramid, resulting in a pyramid that is getting higher and wider at the top. ...

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
The super fund campaign to increase inflows through a forced rise in compulsory contribution levels seems to be stalling with the AIST again maneuvered into coming out to defend the rise from another business lobby attack. "Employers had nothing to ...

Maritime gives members a work out

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
Maritime Super has launched an online education program called 'the gym', joining the growing number of super funds eager to help their members know more about how to manage their savings. The gym is designed to make members 'financially fit' according ...

Lift NZ retirement age to 67

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... will have to change to keep New Zealand Super affordable for the long term. We know that there's a huge number of baby boomer superannuants coming, and we can't keep on ignoring this issue until it's too late. New Zealand Super is essentially a great ...

Longevity products in early stages

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
In Asian and US markets, longevity and long-term insurance have found strong support yet in Australia, it is an area that remains relatively underexplored. "Longevity is something that is going to become more apparent, particularly managing longevity ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten compared the bickering among the super fund industry's factions to a Monty Python sketch and said it's time for them to deliver something back to the community in return for the government support they receive. Minister ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... with one researcher ambitiously setting up a new template to segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by Longship Research & Consulting, concluded super ...