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Big four banks have Gen Y appeal: study

NEW RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Harry Senlitonga, senior analyst at Datamonitor, and author of the report. The study also found that the decisions made by Gen Y consumers are heavily influenced by recommendations from others, with 50 percent of the demographic asking friends, family ...

Members star in Sunsuper ad campaign

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... 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 in Queensland ...

ME Bank inks Telstra deal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
Telstra scooped a three-year, $4.5 million contract to provide telecommunications products and services to ME Bank, an agreement signed as the bank, which was founded to serve industry fund members, embarks on a major expansion program. In February ...

Savings boost for GenX and GenY

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... $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 opportunity ...

Single-issue advice soars 59pc: ESI Super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
Contrary to popular belief that Gen Yers are indifferent to their super savings, one super fund has recorded a 59 per cent jump in members seeking limited advice in the past three months. The fund recorded an increase in formal statements of advice ...

ESI Super targets younger members on advice

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
Gen Y super fund members are a fickle lot - a trend ESI Super recognises and is hoping to change by engaging younger members with its new financial planning strategy. Robyn Petrou, chief executive of the $2.8 billion fund, is looking to ramp up ESI ...

Gen Y super members paying triple tax

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
What the Gen Y giveth, the tax man taketh away. Super fund REST hopes to help 300,000 of its Gen Y members avoid paying a high 46.5 per cent tax on their super by educating them on those three little words. More than 300,000 members within REST's 18 ...

Planners sidelined for self-investing strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... commissions have also come under the spotlight, adding to the mistrust of both planners and brokers, noted the report. Meanwhile Gen Y traders are showing a growing favour towards overseas shares. Around 56 per cent of Gen Yers stated they were likely ...

All aboard online at CalPERS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... It also serves as a platform for the fund's social media presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube - sites used widely by Gen Y-ers. "There's a lot of information and misinformation about CalPERS," said Patricia K. Macht, CalPERS director of external ...

Budget, what budget?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
Financial planners will struggle to get many Gen-Yers to follow financial advice after yet another study found one in four have never budgeted in their life and, even when they do, it's to blow the lot on a holiday. St. George Bank commissioned a study ...