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IFM, Citi pour $300m into Household Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... which mean more access to their home equity retirement funding." Household Capital chair Nick Sherry added: "The wealth of baby boomers is mostly tied up in their home. Australian seniors need ubiquitous, responsible, long-term, and efficient access ...

Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... absolutely. Any government would want to look at fine tuning some of the legislation but we're not going to throw the whole baby out the bathwater," he said. If elected, Jones will ensure that the removal of the $450 threshold, which was pulled in ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... total of 80% of single parent families surveyed could not meet a $300 a month rise, along with 71% in remote areas and 70% of Baby Boomers. "Where do these people go if they have to walk away from their home? Public housing, the street?" White said. ...

ASIC outlines ROA guidance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... relevant circumstances that may instead require an SOA include a new mortgage or significant increase or decrease in debt, a new baby, divorce or separation, the sale of a business or the death of a partner. Other things ASIC clarifies include the fact ...

Economic recap: Week to October 8

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
... mid-1980s. The "great moderation" - strong growth with moderate inflation - that followed, had largely consigned stagflation to baby boomers' memories. Even more so after the global financial crisis, when years of stronger growth and record low unemployment ...

Baby Boomers cashing in on meme stocks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
According to analysis from Openmarkets Group, on average Baby Boomers and Generation X are making money on meme stocks, while Millennials are losing money. The analysis covered 11 "meme stocks" (stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media ...

Accumulation bubble ending: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Conference, CoreData global chief executive Andrew Inwood said the youngest of the baby boomers are turning 57 years old this year and a massive amount of money is about to be spent. "It's going to force all ...

Older investors, women flock to crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... investment opportunities in alternative assets like cryptocurrency," BTC Markets chief executive Caroline Bowler said. "These Baby Boomers are often at a time in their lives when they have accumulated significant wealth and assets and have many years ...

One in four Aussies have no super account

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... account are older and may not have had compulsory super in their working lives. For example, Finder found that only half of Baby Boomers (50%) have a super account, compared to 82% of Gen Z and 85% of Gen X. Women are also less likely to have a super ...

Pandemic stokes investor appetite

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... confidence in the economic outlook and an increased appreciation of financial security. It also found that Generation X and Baby Boomers are leading the current charge, mostly in the US. However, Australian and New Zealand investors have the second most ...