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Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... priority. This generation grew up with the assumption that buying property is integral to becoming an adult." Neal also found Gen Y was also feeling emotional pressure in relation to housing, noting the media, friends, family and social media all have ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... 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 a strong preference for stocks such as Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Wells Fargo ...

Gen Y prefers liquid investments: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... in products such as managed funds and ETFs. This is a key finding of KPMG's Banking on the Future 2017 report which shows Gen Y prefers liquid investments that can easily be converted to back up funds, with 27% owning shares as they can be cashed to ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Australian women's expectation of a well-paid job earns $14,000 less a year than that of a man's. Research commissioned by NAB shows Australian men consider a salary of $127,271 as being well-paid, yet their female counterparts are happy to settle for ...

Bendigo targets ethically conscious investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... protect Australia's environment, to start investing their superannuation in the fund. "Hopefully it won't be too long before Gen Y and millennial parents twig to the fact that you don't just have to have your superannuation invested with us to access ...

Expensive property market creating super opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
Millennials priced out of the Australian housing market should consider directing savings towards superannuation in order to generate similar returns to that of home ownership. Earlier this week research house Demographia labeled Sydney as the second ...

Succession planning placed on the backburner

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... is a Baby Boomer bubble of owners trying to sell their small businesses to the next generation but there are not enough Gen Y buyers interested." "However, businesses that have been structured on corporate client centric service and advice models with ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... an important step to helping more Australians save for their retirement. SuperSizer engages the competitive nature of our Gen Y's, and will help to educate those who haven't given a second thought to their super since signing up to whichever fund their ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... an important step to helping more Australians save for their retirement. SuperSizer engages the competitive nature of our Gen Y's, and will help to educate those who haven't given a second thought to their super since signing up to whichever fund their ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Superannuation funds are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their members engaged, according to CoreData research. The CoreData 2016 Member Engagement Report found that 51.4% of super members surveyed were engaged with their retirement savings ...