BABY BOOMERS

Superannuation

New research undertaken by Suncorp Life has confirmed the degree to which Australians have become unsettled by constant changes to the underlying superannuation policy re...

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Superannuation

Industry broadly welcomes Government’s decision to include contribution cap rise for over-60s in Budget....

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Financial planning

Advisers and investment managers need to review existing attitudes to retirement planning if they are to effectively meet the financial needs of the steadily ageing cohor...

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Life/Risk

Younger Australians are more likely to say they have life insurance than those nearing retirement, according to new research conducted by TAL. ...

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Financial planning

The next 12 months will see 78 per cent of small businesses in Australia planning to spend more time on social media as a means of growing their business, according to th...

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Editorial

Challenger has produced a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $149 million for the six months to 31 December 2012, up 17 per cent on the prior corresponding period....

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Financial planning

Guardian Advice has rolled out a new succession planning strategy which aims to help older advisers retire, while attracting the younger generation of planners to the dea...

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Financial planning

Despite signs that markets are recovering, there is still more money sitting in cash than there is in the total capitalisation of the ASX, according to Zenith investment ...

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People & Products

Chris Corneil has stepped down as Russell Investments’ Australasia chief executive after the position was removed as part of a corporate restructure....

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Financial planning

Many baby boomers would prefer to handle their own affairs, according to a new superannuation survey....

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Financial planning

Challenger's suite of annuities, which collectively represents around 80 per cent of the annuity market share in Australia, has been given a 'recommended' rating by the r...

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Life/Risk

Most Australians would rather spend any extra income on building up their savings than upgrading their life insurance policies, according to a national poll by TAL....

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Superannuation

SMSF trustees are increasingly questioning their capacity to run an SMSF in their later years and are looking at switching to a managed fund arrangement in retirement, ac...

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Financial planning

The expected life span of an individual is one of the great unknowns in retirement planning yet Australians continue to underestimate the significant effect of longevity ...

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Editorial

With Baby Boomers starting to enter retirement, there is a growing realisation that retirement incomes products are insufficient and in need of an overhaul....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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