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ING revamps corporate and SME super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... investment options. "We've tried to reduce all the legal speak and focussed on presenting all the information in plain English," Mark Pankhurst, head of product and marketing in ING employer superannuation, said. New members will receive a phonecall ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... mathematics curriculum area." It's also about social studies, general health and well-being, reading comprehension and English, she said. Michael Hobbs &

Economic round-up: Creaming cheese exports

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2007
... WhiteCheese Co, founder and CEO Lee Seon-Ku was already cream cheese convert, thanks to time spent in Australia learning English, and he's since been committed to promoting the product in Korea. The partnership with WhiteCheese Co has been an extraordinary ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... most of those who could. However this latest report from Deloitte claims that around 200 million Chinese are learning English providing a growing pool of skilled labour, which is already cutting a larger slice of the offshore services cake.

Westpac goes to water

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... funds under management increased 21 per cent. One of the highlights for the group was Hastings' acquisition in 2005 of the English water company Mid Kent Water. Last year Hastings bought another English water company, South East Water, giving it management ...

Industry funds publish pocket super guide

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
... queries. The 50 crucial answers you need publication aims to provide simple answers to superannuation issues in plain English, without jargon and in an accessible format. Penned by long-time journalist Anne Lampe, the guide is available for just $2.95 ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... program will embed financial literacy programs into existing subjects such as mathematics, with possible penetration into English as well, as one of the key problems with financial literacy was, according to chairman Paul Clitheroe, that people in the ...

Asteron launches Lifeguard range with market-first PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... form' PDS, the first in the sector to conform to recently released proposed PDS legislation, includes a 10-page plain-English easy reference guide at the front, and easy to navigate coloured tabs Asteron has also reviewed its prices, making Lifeguard ...

Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... were awarded an 880 visa to remain in Australian after their university studies were assessed as only having vocational English language skills. The study found that 43 per cent of students from China who were allowed to stay on after their studies had ...

Wealth managers will have difficulty with AML

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... otherwise be least affected by it - the life companies and investment managers in the wealth management sector. Steve Lock, an English banking technology consultant, said that when AML regulations were introduced in the UK in the mid-1990s wealth managers ...