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More to retirement than super: planner

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
A large-scale retirement survey by AXA backs previous research that majority of Gen Xers wait until the last minute before they start saving for retirement, but one planner makes suggestions on how thirty-somethings can start saving now without digging ...

Super segmentation comes of age

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... number, even in super, with one researcher ambitiously setting up a new template to segment fund members beyond the usual Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomer divide. The 2010 Ultimate Superannuation Marketing Metrics study, conducted by Longship Research & ...

Big four banks have Gen Y appeal: study

NEW RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Australian's from "Generation Y" prefer the "big four" banks for their savings and transaction accounts, a new study found. According new research by Datamonitor, 74.2 per cent of consumers from the "Generation Y" age bracket (those aged between 18-30) ...

Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... including press, street signage, direct mail and social media. Plans were also underway to make the campaign relevant to Gen X and Gen Y with the use of younger members as "stars" later in the year. The new campaign was launched on free-to-air television ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... proposed $500 per year additional super contribution for low-income earners. Meanwhile, Chris Browne, financial adviser at Gen X and Gen Y specialist Financial Design for Life, cautioned that the $100,000-plus additional super does not factor in the ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... ahead But a move to fee-for-advice might not be suitable for everybody. Yet. "If I think about my own clients, which are Gen X and Ys, I think that if I asked for a fee to put in place an income protection, it might jeopardise whether or not the person ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
New research from CMC Markets found that the amount of money an investor would allocate to global equities depends on which generation they belong, and that day traders are less inclined to ask "experts" for stock advice. According to a survey of 500 ...

BT adds 33 new funds to Wrap Essentials

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... BT Wrap, Chris Freeman, said adviser demand for easy access to investment essentials for their 'wealth accumulator' and Gen X clients has driven the platform review. "Given the recent volatile economic conditions, advisers are seeing more demand for ...

AMP extends Super Easy to employer market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... Easy in April this year. At the launch, Hobern said the easy-to-use superannuation product was designed and targeted and Gen X and Y Australians. The AMP Flexible Lifetime Allocated Pension was awarded the Rainmaker Group - Retirement Product of the ...

Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... a minimum annual rate of return above 13 per cent, down from just above 14 per cent over the past year. Compare this to Gen X, baby boomers and retirees who have all downgraded their expectations to single digit returns. However, while Gen Y expectations ...