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Government steps up financial literacy campaign

The Financial Literacy Forum together with the Federal Government has stepped up its $41 million financial literacy campaign adopting a more coordinated approach to help Australians improve their financial skills. The campaign was part of the Financial ...

ASFA welcomes government super measures

The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) has welcomed the government's legislation to reduce red tape for employers who miss superannuation payment deadlines. "The proposed new legislation recognises that late payments aren't always deliberate ...

Economic roundup

The latest survey on Australian consumer and business confidence released last week ran counter to the strong GDP, good employment results and earlier reports of solid capital investment plans. This acted to reinforce the mixed messages from economic ...

Aust Unity moves Defined Income Trust to Vianova

Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has moved the management of its Defined Income Trust, both wholesale and retail, to its joint partner Vianova Asset Management. AUI set up the boutique manager in February as a specialist in absolute return fixed interest. ...

AXA fine-tunes Bernstein mandates

AXA has reviewed its global equity value mandates to bring them into line with more standard Bernstein approaches. Effective from 3 October, the mandate re-alignment standardises the AXA offered funds to make them more consistent with the approach and ...

Online customer checking tool launched by Deloitte

Responding to the need to protect institutions and consumers from identity theft and money laundering fraud, Deloitte has launched a compliance tool that enables customer identities to be quickly checked. The system, known as the Deloitte AMLcheck ...

Financial advice quality is improving: CPA Australia

One third of investors believe the quality of financial advice has improved in recent years, according to a research report detailing consumer attitudes to financial planning that has just been released by CPA Australia. The independent report, which ...

Too few funds applying for RSE licenses

With a fast approaching June 2006 deadline for Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) Licensing, the number of applications being received by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is still very low. And this concern is reinforced by ...

FPA appoints new chair

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has elected directors Corinna Dieters as chair-elect and Sarah Brennan as deputy chair-elect for 2006. Dieters will replace the outgoing Kathryn Greiner who completes one year as chair in November. "While we ...

Fidelity releases HR toolkit for advisers

Funds management group Fidelity is set to launch a series of practice management software programs designed to help financial planners run their business more efficiently. The first module of PracticeOne, packaged in an interactive CD-Rom, was launched ...