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Advice key to living the dream

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... 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 saving enough ...

Fintechs must collaborate, not disrupt: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... have helped banks and traditional institutions maintain their dominant position, but are losing the younger, tech-savvy Gen Y customers to alternative financial services providers, the report said. It suggests fintechs and incumbents are better off collaborating ...

Gen Y leading retirement readiness: research

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... Aussies to take stock of their super and savings to plan for the future," Cronin said. In this respect, Cronin highlighted Gen Y's active engagement with their retirement plans, noting that 40% of Gen Y respondents made voluntary super contributions ...

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 ...