baby boomers

Funds management

Can infrastructure investment fund retirement incomes?

Super funds argue that infrastructure investment can help underpin their funding of post-retirement income products....

Financial planning

Gen Y most financially stressed

Despite improving wealth, Generation Y is the most likely to suffer from financial stress, according to a study. ...

Will corporate super funds disappear?

New analysis points to eventual demise of corporate super as market matures. ...

Life/Risk

APRA warns life insurers on reputational risk

APRA warns life insurers they need to take responsibility for the manner in which their products are sold....

Financial planning

BTFG leverages adviser register data

BTFG has gained some key insights from those using its adviser register and comments facility, Adviser View....

Superannuation

Youth unemployment a challenge for Aussie workforce

Baby boomers’ retirements coupled with the high rate of unemployment among young Australians will see a significant ‘brain drain’ from the nation’s workforce, a new repor...

Financial planning

Millenial investors not so different after all

New research suggests so-called “millenials” may have been wrongly type-caste as conservative investors and need properly targeted advice....

Editorial

Mixing work and retirement

With the right advice behind them, retirees can easily re-enter the workforce without jeopardising their pension benefits, Mark Teale writes....

Financial planning

Advisers should consider philanthropy in client discussions

Financial planners should ask clients ‘how much is enough?’ and directing their thinking toward philanthropy according to a long-serving adviser....

Editorial

Tracking the chase for dividend yield

A quick look at Australia's changing demographic profile raises many questions about the future for the retirement market, but also shows the hunt for dividend yield is f...

Financial planning

Baby boomer planners pointed to the exit

Financial services business broker claims things have changed and some baby boomer planners should consider their exit strategy....

Superannuation

Clock ticking for Baby Boomers

With increasing demands being placed on super funds as more and more baby boomers move to the draw down phase it’s time to rethink retirement income products, Paul Rogan ...

Policy & Regulation

Introduce flat tax for low income earners and unemployed.

Income tax should be levied on a flat basis across all income recipients including the unemployed, benefits recipients and low income earners according to KPMG partner Be...

Superannuation

Aged care costs threat baby boomers’ retirements

Baby boomers’ retirement plans are being impacted by rising aged care costs, director of FMS Group, Christine Hornery, believes....

Superannuation

Super members satisfied with current offerings

Superannuation fund members are more engaged and satisfied with their fund than they have been for the past three years with indications they would continue to use their ...