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Annuities boost Challenger growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... this morning. This includes growth of $1.06 billion in retail sales and $921 million in institutional sales. The wave of Baby Boomers coming into retirement, retirees' preference for secure and guaranteed income investments, such as lifetime annuity ...

Guardian Advice unveils mentoring and equity partnership program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
... to retire by buying their books of clients, splitting them and giving younger advisers new clients to work with. "Lots of Baby Boomers are ready to retire and they have been successful over the years, but because of that, GenX and GenY advisers can't ...

Peer-to-peer portfolio benchmarking gains appeal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
A start-up online investment community designed initially for Baby Boomers has won a surprising number of GenX and GenY clients, suggesting a broader market of investors keen to swap their investment know-how online. Melbourne-based SelfWealth is an ...

Most DIY funds won't change allocations in retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013
... as both a challenge and an opportunity for Australia's financial planners, especially with Australia's five million-plus Baby Boomers fast approaching retirement. He said that this was especially important, as the report had also revealed that trustees ...

Steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... Time to stop balance sheet expansion, recession is over and inflation is picking up. Markets are up. It was lookin' good baby. Then came the fall or perhaps, the fall out from the euro crisis. US growth slowed and threatened to double-dip. Markets corrected. ...

Fed ECB BOJ, Unlimited

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013

Baby boomers stagger blindfold into retirement: REST

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
A whopping 86% of Australia's 5.5 million baby boomers are, in varying degrees, financially under-prepared for retirement, according to research release by industry super heavyweight REST Industry Super today. Dubbed The Journey Begins, the REST-commissioned ...

Lifecycle not the answer: Rice Warner

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... Blair. "This greatly assists Trustees in meeting their obligations to members especially with regard to the first wave of Baby Boomers now entering retirement," he said. While some of the problems with Lifecycle funds are real, the benefits are also ...

Aging SMSF trustees revert to managed solutions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... now running SMSFs, the sector is the fastest growing corner of the superannuation fund industry but with some 5.5 million baby boomers approaching retirement, Proebstl believes many will cross back the other way. "Given the growing number of do-it-yourself ...

Gen-Y teach old dogs new investment tricks: RaboDirect

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... According to a survey commissioned by RaboDirect, Gen-Y's financial know-how is often better than that of Gen X, and even their Baby Boomer parents. The 2012 National Savings and Debt Barometer shows that the younger generation searches harder to find ...