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Village People

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
A wave of aging baby boomers are expected to downsize and move into retirement villages over the next 20 years creating a big investment opportunity according to Peter McMullen, head of health and aged services at Jones Lang LaSalle. Jones Lang LaSalle ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... feeling confident overall in their retirement savings. Despite widespread perceptions to the contrary, though, the baby boomers don't feel quite so secure. While 58 per cent are confident in their retirement funds, 37 per cent feel uncertain about their ...

New reverse mortgage broker group sets sail

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
... retirees," said chairperson Craig Swan. "There is no doubt reverse mortgages will continue grow in popularity as baby boomers seek ways to fund their retirement. However, equity release products are a specialty area that requires particular skills and ...

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 ...