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Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... and 7.4 per cent since 2002. Overlay how the government wants to increase education and health funding, get ready for the baby boomer pension wave, rebuild our national infrastructure spending, fund an ever demanding military, pay the States even higher ...

Advice that spans three generations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
IOOF group has developed a service to help financial planners build a relationship with GenX and GenYers through their baby boomer parents. The Multi Generational Module will be available in the coming months and allows planners to develop an estate ...

First stop baby boomers, next stop Gen-Y

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 APR 2008
The way to the baby boomers' wallets is through their Gen-Y kids, said Bernard Salt, a leading commentator on consumer, cultural and demographic trends. "Generation Y will inherit baby boomer wealth. The motherload is not going to happen for another ...

Baby boomers rethink retirement strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The doom and gloom of global financial markets has forced more than three quarters of baby boomers to consider changing investment strategies to boost their retirement savings, according to a Commonwealth Bank survey. The survey found almost half of ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... discount window borrowing from 30 to 90 days. It has lowered the Federal funds rate 300 basis points from the peak, including a "baby steps" pattern of 25 and 25 basis points in the last two months of 2007 and then a "giant steps" pattern of 75, 50 and ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... industrialised countries (not including Japan) arising from the favourable demographics that immediately followed the collapse in baby boomer birth rates. "We had discussed the challenges posed by our occupying the driest inhabited continent on earth ...

Coordinated policy will boost population and capacity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... childrearing are likely to have a positive impact on the fertility rate," noted the report. But it's also not just about baby bonuses, as welcome as they obviously are. "It is important that families have support as the child grows up, not just when ...

Australia's reversing fertility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
If the Hollywood fascination with baby bumps signals a normalisation of fertility levels, it could take the heat out of Australia's population crisis and delay the anticipated demographically driven fiscal crisis. According to the ABS, Australia's total ...

Meet the mini-institutions

For all the talk about the investment industry ignoring Gen Xers and Gen Yers in favour of baby boomers, one industry expert has said the segment, which he refers to as "the mini-institutional investors", are not well served. Julian Smith, a director ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... Comminsure greater flexibility in designing the product. The revamped car insurance package includes accidental death cover and baby seat cover. Comminsure is number one in the group life insurance market and has a reputation for aggressive pricing when ...