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Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... said. UTS Business School Professor David Michayluk alerted that the changes might create a disincentive to save among younger Australians. In a joint study with Professor Paul Brockman of Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, he found that in Australia "younger ...

Young investors happier with advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015
Younger investors' perception of financial advisers is generally positive and improving, according to a recent survey commissioned by Lifeplan. The April survey of 409 investors showed under-30s now sit second to over-60s in terms of adviser satisfaction ...

MTAA launches transition to retirement investment option

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... manage investment volatility," MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner said. She added that the option could also suit younger members with larger than average superannuation balances. The option targets a reliable income stream of RBA cash rate +2% ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... The second point could even moderate global growth as the working population is the main driver of aggregate demand. A younger workforce is forming households, buying consumer goods, raising children and paying taxes. Both Germany and Japan are expected ...

Appetite for managed funds growing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... greater diversification in domestic and international markets. Investment Trends analyst King Loong Choi also said that younger investors are typically more open to investing in managed funds in the future than older investors. Despite the increasing ...

Justsuper added to DomaCom Property SMSF panel

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... members include Self Managed Super, CST Corporate Solutions and Evolve Super Audits. The DomaCom Property SMSF allows younger investors to participate in small piecemeal investments in property through an SMSF structure, for a minimum annual fee of $450. ...

SMSF the next frontier for robo advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... globally. The 2015 Automated Investment Advisers Global Market Review found while robo advice models naturally appealed to younger people who have grown up with technology and typically had smaller sums of between $20,000 and $80,000 to invest, they ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Appetite for life insurance is growing in younger, lower-income households and dropping in older, more affluent demographic groups. This is the conclusion of TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians ...

Super not "a top-up" for Age Pension: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... revealed that 56% of Australians expect to benefit from Age Pension upon retirement, although the percentage is lower for younger generations (41% among 30 year olds). "This significant reduction in expectations shows younger Australians may well be ...

Super only 35% of retirement nest egg

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... egg to come from their savings. Property investments should provide for 13.2% and inheritance 7.1%. "However with the younger generation questioning whether they will ever be able to afford property, it is becoming increasingly critical to understand ...