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AXA protects retirement income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
... sales and marketing at AXA Australia, said the financial planning industry has mainly focused on accumulating assets for baby boomers entering retirement but that needs to change. "More focus needs to be centred on how they manage their capital in order ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... year. Civil service pay cut -- by 5 per cent in 2010 and frozen next year. The 2,500 birth grant -- Spain's version of the baby bonus -- abolished by 1 January 2011. Public investment reduced by 6.045 billion in 2010 and 2011. Index-linking of pensions ...

Time to grow: Securitor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST OF THIS YEAR'S SECURITOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2010
... megatrends can 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 ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... For example, one of the fund's top holding is a global beer company with higher-than-average debt. "People are throwing the baby out of the bathwater. There are some companies that can carry a lot of debt," he said, explaining that long-term, people ...

Fees freeze on maternity leave at Virgin Super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... same-sex partners with children on maternity and paternity leave. Virgin Money announced in a press statement that "Super Baby Break" will benefit an estimated 20 per cent of lesbian women and 10 per cent of gay men who are parents in Australia. Same-sex ...

Baby steps

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2010
Tiger and the Fed - no not Roger -- were the weekend's biggest news. "I am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behaviour," Tiger apologised to the world to try to get normality back into his life - not to mention to get endorsement juices ...

AXA AP angles for bigger slice of Aus market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... the plan to branch out into the post-retirement market and self managed super funds (SMSFs) at a time when the bulk of the baby boomers are retiring and the SMSF market continue to grow. According to Towers Watson, some three million Australian baby ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... Yers 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 ...

Tax breaks no enough: seniors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
It would take more than tax breaks to help baby boomers stay in the workforce beyond the average retirement age, argues an industry body. Michael O'Neill, chief executive at National Seniors, welcomed head of Treasury, Ken Henry's, proposal for tax ...

Towers Watson to fix post-retirement blues

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... Watson is set to design longevity strategies that best suit super funds and insurers - ahead of the three million Australian baby boomers expected to retire over the next 20 years. Towers Watson (the former Watson Wyatt Australia merging with Towers ...