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Young, millionaire investors challenge stereotypes: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... During the quarter, ending March 31, younger investors were the highest adopters of a buy-and-hold strategy compared to Gen X and Baby Boomer generations, Openmarkets found. "In Q1 2023, millennials and Gen Z executed the lowest number of trades, with ...

Aussies not bothered by volatile markets: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... ETFs. "Four out of five Millennials indicate ETFs have improved the overall performance of their portfolio, versus 73% of Gen X and 48% of Boomers," she said. "Millennials are also the most likely to agree that ETFs provide more liquidity during market ...

How Australians are losing retirement returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... each month will make a huge difference when it comes to retirement, thanks to compounding interest." Results showed that Gen X are the most likely to make monthly contributions to their super (17%), compared to 10% of Gen Z. But, more than a third of ...

Generational home ownership gap widens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... finding just 34% of Millennials had bought their first home by the age of 30, compared to 62% of Baby Boomers and 42% of Gen X. It also found that while 92% of Baby Boomers were no longer living with parents by their 30 th birthday, only 72% of Millennials ...

One in four Aussies have no super account

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... For example, Finder found that only half of Baby Boomers (50%) have a super account, compared to 82% of Gen Z and 85% of Gen X. Women are also less likely to have a super fund than men. The survey found 26% of women didn't have a fund, compared to 21% ...

Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... compared to those aged 35 and over. "The great recession shaped and continues to shape the financial literacy and behavior of Gen X and Millennials more than a decade later. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic impact will have a similar lasting ...

What Gen Z think about investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... Vanguard found this was the most likely factor holding people back from investing. The survey found 31% of millennials, 26% of Gen X and 26% of baby boomers were also held back from investing due to a perceived lack of funds. Vanguard head of Personal ...

Clime launches new SMA portfolios

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... difficult time for the whole industry," Bristow said. The shift in advice in the self-directed market has a lot to do with Gen X and Gen Y, Clime argues. "If you think about the amount of wealth that generation is holding; by 2030 they're going to ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... research, coming out of global asset management firm Franklin Templeton, found that 44% of Baby Boomers (aged 55-74) and 36% of Gen X (aged 39-54) believe that their superannuation fund should offer a responsible investment option. That's compared to ...

Younger HNWs splashing on art

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... Asian countries they were much younger. In Singapore, 46% of the respondents were millennial collectors. When combined with Gen X and Gen Z accounted for 91% of collectors. In Hong Kong, millennials were 39% of the respondents. Overall, global art sales ...