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Inheritance dissatisfaction an advice opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... inheritance must be used, while only 79% around the world have done so. Henriques said given the larger capital the younger generation is receiving, it would be beneficial for them to use a financial adviser to better utilise their inheritance. "Trillions ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... model has now been decisively overhauled." With public debt soaring, a housing crisis that's hitting the younger generation, and a climate emergency demanding decisive action, Global SWF said the Labor government is repurposing the Future Fund as ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
The first research from the e61-UNSW Policy Research Partnership has highlighted the major economic policy challenges faced by Australia and made five key recommendations ahead of this year's federal election. The research found that navigating United ...

Industry must do more to improve women's financial literacy: Fidelity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
While women are increasingly aware of the importance of their financial wellbeing, only 16% have sought financial advice to achieve their goals. Fidelity's Next Generation research surveyed over 1000 Australian consumers aged 18 to 59 years old, highlighting ...

SMSF sector continues to grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) traded more over the past year and the value of their holdings increased by 8.8%, according to the AUSIEX SMSF Under Advice report. The number of newly established SMSF trading accounts on the AUSIEX platform - across ...

PIMCO debuts local ETF suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
PIMCO has marked its entry to the Australian ETF space with four new active offerings, providing institutional-grade fixed income opportunities to local investors. The PIMCO Global Bond Active ETF (PGBF), PIMCO Diversified Fixed Interest Active ETF ...

Investment habits of the generations revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
New research from Fidelity has outlined the differences between the generations when it comes to investing and risk. The research - which was based on a survey of more than 1000 Australian consumers aged between 18 and 59 - found that financial confidence ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Grattan Institute chief executive Aruna Sathanapally said it is the job of all Australians to ensure the younger generations have a "sense of hope" about the future rather than the sense that they are being "systematically screwed over". Speaking at ...

Heightened costs push young Aussies to plan ahead: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... asset. Their parents are also starting to retire with super balances built over their working lives. "This younger generation is seeing first-hand how important super is to long-term financial security and the power of growing retirement savings over ...

Employees will quit on full return-to-office orders: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... positive impact on productivity over the past three years and has strong employee support, particularly among the younger generation of workers," KPMG said. Further, 87% of bosses will likely reward employees who make the effort to come into the office ...