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Super insurance must be standardised: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... risks and benefits of changing or opting out of insurance covers. In addition to financial literacy sources such ASIC's MoneySmart and the Insurance Council of Australia's Understand Insurance websites, the ISWG suggested the establishment of a standalone ...

Unclaimed money hits $1.1bn: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... have not collected from companies, usually from the result of a takeover. ASIC is urging Australians to search on its MoneySmart website to see if they are the rightful owners. It also pays tax-free interest on unclaimed monies.

Well over $3m in super savings needed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... defined benefits pension scheme. Bewley used life expectancy tables from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ASIC's Moneysmart capital guaranteed indicator to work out the amount of superannuation people would need to support themselves independently ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... and tools to assist investors and financial consumers to take responsibility for their financial decisions. ASIC's MoneySmart teaching program is one example. "Our target is embedding financial literacy from K-12. So far 35% of the nation's 10,000 schools ...

ASIC launches planner register

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... facilitate greater transparency in the planning sector, the first phase of the ASIC service has been launched through the MoneySmart website and currently contains a database of over 19,000 advisers. Planners are required to register on the service. ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... information will be sourced from ASIC's planner register, which will initially be made available on the regulator's MoneySmart website on March 31. "The arrival of the ASIC register will not restore faith in the planner market overnight but it marks ...

ASIC: Beware fake forex website

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... of which is to protect consumers." Consumers can confirm a company is licensed by searching ASIC's website. ASIC's MoneySmart website also provides information for consumers about how to identity a loan scam. ASIC said there are a number of tell-tale ...

ASIC announces National Financial Literacy Strategy

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... community, and education sectors to build financial and consumer literacy in Australia," he said. ASIC continues to use its MoneySmart Teaching program to reach more schools and provide financial literacy support for schools. "Over 400,000 Australians ...

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... independent evaluation of the Australian Government's Helping Our Kids Understand Finances (HOKUF), now known as ASIC's MoneySmart Teaching program. The evaluation showed ASIC's implementation of the program to be appropriate, effective and efficient. ...

Treasury consults on unclaimed monies time window

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... accounts held as security as well as setting up mechanisms to notify account holders and establishing portals in the ASIC MoneySmart website and Government Gazette. To alleviate these costs the discussion paper is canvassing whether the current arrangements ...