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Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... Tibergien said there were significant differences in the way baby boomers and Gen-X want their advice administered compared to younger clients but that a shortage of young advice professionals meant that these differences were being over-looked. "Boomers ...

GenYs shy away from independent, professional advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... account services Bede Cronin said. He added that the findings "reveal a clear opportunity for planners to engage with younger generations to teach them about the value of financial planning and show them the benefits that come from investing in their ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... engaged in their financial affairs than they have been given credit for in the past," TAL chief executive Jim Minto said. "Younger generations are using technology to take matters into their own hands to seek out services and products to meet their needs ...

AMP to launch integrated mobile app

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... saw it produce a definite increase in engagement. Roy said, more generally, technology is one of the keys to engaging younger members. This is a big issue for AMP, as 85% of their members are in default options - suggesting a degree of disengagement. ...

Retail funds favour lifecycle MySuper options

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... defensive ration of 40:60. Scott Tully, head of FirstChoice investments at Colonial First State, said this strategy allows younger members to take more risk when they can afford to recover from any downturn, while it protects older members from what ...

MySuper lifecycle options not for everyone: AusSuper

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... are many other factors to consider. "Some members may appear at face value to have low balances, but if you consider a younger member through a lifecycle lens you see that they have a full working life of 12% contributions ahead of them, so they actually ...

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... drum, but it has tended to focus on the long-term investment opportunities occasioned by industry funds' high number of younger members, who will not need to access their funds for several decades. But Westpac focused on the needs of members at the other ...

Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... to draw a significant share of their retirement income from their own superannuation investments. Reinforcing this, the younger people are when asked about their retirement intentions the higher the proportion who expect they will have to be more self- ...

Advisers coming round to social media

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... manager Retail for Zurich's Life and Investments business said the most prolific users of social media were, unsurprisingly, younger advisers who had been in the industry for five to 10 years. "This demonstrates that the next generation of advisers are ...

Facebook turns on profits as teenagers turn off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... speculation. While no analysts are saying Facebook's prospects are at risk they are nonetheless pointing to highly active younger social media users turning to more immediate and responsive social media platforms like Instagram (which admittedly is owned ...