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Boomers care more for environment than super

Baby Boomers, often referred to as the "Me Generation", are actually more concerned with environmental issues than their superannuation, according to a poll by the National Seniors Association (NSA). Covering 500 baby boomers (defined as having been ...

Principal buys $16.5b value fund

... investors favour returns that are not benchmark-oriented. "Stable value is an important capability - one we believe baby boomers will increasingly demand as they move toward retirement and seek investment options to preserve their capital and generate ...

Boomers can be choosers

... Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium yesterday, Resnik, principal of Paul Resnik Consulting Group, said that baby boomers are less likely to follow the traditional advice model that is broadly based on paying off the mortgage and using super ...

Super is now the centrepiece: Vanguard

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... said Bowerman. "Super is seen as a tax shelter par excellence for that powerful political voting group known as the baby boomers. But for young people it struggles to get their attention. After all there are really fashionable clothes to buy, ringtones ...

Baby boomers not so super informed

Millions of Australians are missing out on the benefits of the new super legislation after a study found that 70 per cent of those who could take advantage of the reforms don't know the new rules exist. Mercer Wealth Solutions conducted a study in March ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... Chairman Dr Alan Greenspan said US Government social security and Medicare liabilities would be hard to meet and baby boomers worldwide needed to be more active in their retirement preparations. Dr Greenspan was the keynote speaker at the Million Dollar ...

Adviser confidence way up: ING

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... over a three year period. Dan Powell, ING's executive director, sales and marketing, said with more than 5.3 million baby boomers nearing retirement in Australia, there was a real opportunity for advisers to make the most of the situation and attract ...

Time to look at Gen Xers

Many Gen Xers may be dirt poor compared to baby boomers but super funds who ignore this market segment do so at their own peril, according to Scott Pape, a finance expert and a Gen Xer. Pape, the 28 year old author of best selling book The Barefoot ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... Treasurer Peter Costello. "The central long-term problem for the Australian economy is that our population is ageing. The baby boomers, that huge bulge in population is now working through our society and it means over the next 10 and 20 years, the proportion ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Baby boomers are in a relatively strong financial position for retirement and have more options available than ever before, according to a new report. The 16th AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, Baby boomers - doing it for themselves report, released ...