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Succession planning major issue for advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... 59... And it's getting older. Each year it goes up a year according to our research. So we're not seeing a huge influx of younger people taking equity stakes."

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... price-to-income ratio in Australia now exceeding 9-times. Just a few decades ago it was as low as 3-times. But rather than younger FHB being locked out of the market, research group Digital Finance Analytics has just released a research blog post that ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... report 'The spending patterns of older retirees', the new standard found that older retirees spend less in aggregate than younger retirees due to a decrease in holidays and other leisure activities outside the home, most likely reflecting their reduced ...

Advisers debate insurance commissions ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... and adviser Liam Shorte said that completely banning commissions "would reduce the business we write, especially with younger customers," who are more comfortable with ongoing commissions than with having to fund both the premium and the advice fee upfront. ...

Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... Planning to set up his own business. He now operates under non-aligned Madison Financial Group. "There's a growing trend of younger advisers that don't want an institutional-style relationship with their clients." In reference to young advisers, Bates ...

US private sector super coverage just 50pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... employer-provided retirement plan. The ICI noted that when survey respondents were asked the primary reason why they save, younger and lower-income households typically said that they save to fund education, purchase a house, fund other purchases, or ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Budge thanked his dealership GPS Wealth, his team and his family and said that he would love to build an advice panel "for younger people starting out." He has a Diploma of Financial Planning and has started his Advanced Diploma. The award has been responsible ...

FEATURE: Quenching the thirst for income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... deposit, wedding or family holiday used to be as simple as making regular payments into a high interest cash account, younger savers are now being forced to look to investment assets to meet their goals. The laws of supply and demand dictate that as ...

Young Australians clueless about life insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
One in five younger Australians knows nothing about his or her life insurance through superannuation, a new report commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has found. Overall the report found 40% of Australians had ...

Gen Ys most keen on intra-fund advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... super funds focus on communicating their advice offer to members and using this as a tool to start the conversation with younger members about the value of superannuation savings," CoreData head of financial services Kristen Turnbull said. But intra-fund ...