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Millennials faring well financially: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... likely (27%) than older generations to rely on professionals when making wealth management decisions, compared to the 26% of Gen X and 24% of Baby Boomers. Millennials are also attempting to protect against more volatile times, with 51% having saved ...

Young Aussies driving sharemarket

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... big four, Telstra, A2 Milk Company, Vanguard Australian Share Index ETF and Evolution Mining. Meanwhile, Baby Boomers and Gen X investors largely opted for the big four, Woolworths, Telstra, CSL and Macquarie. The research shows that international share ...

Advice key to living the dream

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... highlighted as the number one factor preventing more Australians from 'living the dream', while debt also ranked highly for Gen X and Gen Y respondents. Further, it seems the number one regret of many Australians when it comes to their finances is not ...

Gen Y leading retirement readiness: research

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... boomers had the highest gap at $500,516. Gen Ys also had the lowest expected retirement age, at 60, compared to 65 for both Gen X and baby boomers. Commenting on this, RaboDirect head Bede Cronin said: "This expectation to retire younger every year is ...

DomaCom chasing Federal Court exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... superannuation portfolios of Generation X and Y investors which can then expand to other asset classes later in life. The Gen X/Y investors can then rent the property and acquire more of the interest in the related sub-fund as time goes on."

SMSF associations announce merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... concessional contributions, which already breaches the $25,000 cap the government is imposing on 1 July 2017. Baby Boomers and Gen X employees with SMSFs have to put the brakes on retirement savings by the new, lower cap on concessional contributions ...

Top trends reshaping Aussie superannuation

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... than just the later stages of accumulation as membership bases become more diverse and broadly distributed. "Millennials, Gen X, and the baby boomers all form part of the superannuation equation in near equal numbers," the report said. "Given their age ...

SMSFs hit hard by super reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... concessional contributions, which already breaches the $25,000 cap the government is imposing on 1 July 2017. Baby Boomers and Gen X employees with SMSFs have to put the brakes on retirement savings by the new, lower cap on concessional contributions ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Sixty-eight per cent of Gen Xers worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international stocks by 91%; Gen Y raised their turnover by 73%. The former showed ...