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Peering into the future

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... identified by Scully for the industry was a shift from the "accumulation" phase to a "retirement income" phase, as the baby boomer generation becomes further entrenched in retirement. As a result, many pension funds will have more pensioners than contributors ...

Timing the market still a tough game: survey

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
The CMC Markets Share Trader Insight Survey for the six months to July 2010 found that the periods in which most investors decided to put extra cash into the market corresponded with peaks in the All Ordinaries Index, while many pulled out just before ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The election campaign has bypassed too many key issues important to older Australians, according interests groups that aim to represent the segment. Speaking outside parliament House in Canberra this morning, largely deserted as most politicians are ...

Trustees address 'young' elephant in the room

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... common dilemma of how to best serve their younger stakeholders, and it's a risk that becomes more pressing as their Baby Boomer clients move on from 'saving for retirement' to 'spending their savings' phase. Mark Genovese, chief executive of the Maritime ...

Wealth transfer strategies top adviser books

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... Neil Younger, said at the firm's annual conference last month that the transfer of wealth or inheritance from the Baby Boomer generation and their parents to their children and grandchildren over the next two decades could be the catalyst of an adviser's ...

Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
Sunsuper has launched a new advertising campaign that will star its own members. The campaign also uses the famous tune of "Over the rainbow", according to a press statement. General manager, marketing and communications Teifi Whatley said the premise ...

AXA protects retirement income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
AXA Australia has launched the phase of its North product that guarantees income in retirement. Adrian Emery, manager of sales and marketing at AXA Australia, said the financial planning industry has mainly focused on accumulating assets for baby boomers ...

Time to grow: Securitor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST OF THIS YEAR'S SECURITOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... make or break a planner's business in the future. One is the massive transfer of wealth, or inheritance, from the Baby Boomer generation and their parents to their children and grandchildren over the next two decades. According to a Bankwest report called ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
AXA Asia Pacific's full-year report today shed some light on why it's being courted by National Australia Bank and AMP, but also how it plans to grow its local revenues in the next few years. This morning the group announced that its profit after tax ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... stated they were likely to invest in global shares, compared to just 29 per cent of Gen Xers and 13 per cent of the Baby Boomer generation. Familiarity with the local stock market lies in the two latter demographics preferring to put their money in local ...