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Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... the long-term sustainability of Australia's retirement system is under threat from a growing wealth divide across generations. According to the university's latest Housing, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, a third of young Australian ...

Advice requires customisation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... be at a point now where they're adapting their styles accordingly to clients that range from the high net worth to Generations X and Y. Kent added a good adviser has the skills to know how to read people and possessing emotional intelligence is key to ...

Baby boomers lag on retirement planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... fund their retirement will ultimately fall on their shoulders, baby boomers could learn a thing or two from younger generations. Latest insight from Natixis Global Asset Management on individual investors across the globe shows that despite 78% of investors ...

Family office giants agree to merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... MFCo both have focused on helping families with the challenges of managing wealth and their financial affairs across generations." "As a combined entity, client experience will be enhanced and the financial strength of the combined business will benefit ...

Professional financial advice outpacing self-directed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... an increasingly important consideration," he said. When it comes to robo-advice, a common theme among the different generations is that a majority said they would not use it or don't know enough about robo-advice to even consider using it. Among the ...

Pension fund embraces managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... be excluded. The GPIF is allocated the reserve assets of Japan's public pension system to fund benefits for older generations and achieve fiscal symmetry within about 100 years. After this period, the fund is projected to hold reserve assets equivalent ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... including AMD, Nvidia and Activision Blizzard. "Interestingly, Apple and Tesla were the top two stocks that all of the generations sold out of in the month of January," nabtrade director of SMSF and investor behaviour Gemma Dale said. "Generally, younger ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... green bonds will assist the government's commitment to the environment and action on climate change to benefit future generations," Pitt said. "It means Queensland will be joining an ever-growing worldwide movement in supporting the issuing of green ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... age demographics is $122,177. Interestingly, Generation Y would be satisfied with $108,255 per year, while all other generations would need to be earning upwards of $123,000 before considering themselves well -paid. The study, which was conducted by ...

Half of Australian households will be retire ready

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... their older counterparts. Elkins's outlook for millennials remained positive, though; she cited the fact that younger generations are taking a keener interest in superannuation, consolidating accounts into one super fund and contributing a little more ...