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New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... and promoter while Diversa serves as trustee. AIA is the group insurer. Verve Super also seeks to boost the financial literacy of women by providing free financial coaching materials, resources and events that are designed and delivered by women for ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... recommendations." While work needs to be done on the consumer front in terms of superannuation education and financial literacy, Robert said the Government is doing its part and super funds need to step up. Super funds for example, can start engaging ...

Robo-advice register launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... these tools can complement the existing human adviser. They offer significant potential to improve consumer financial literacy and engagement as well as increase the accessibility to and affordability of financial advice for more Australians," he said. ...

ASIC moves on Dollarmites

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
ASIC is set to review banking and financial literacy programs in Australian primary schools, including Commonwealth Bank's recently criticised Dollarmites program. ASIC said school banking programs are supposed to educate young Australians about the ...

Ban Dollarmites: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... However, 38% of readers disagreed with this statement, claiming that initiatives like Dollarmites help promote financial literacy at a young age. CBA recently came under fire for its 87-year-old Dollarmites program after it was awarded a Shonky award ...

Financial literacy critical to European retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
Australians are not alone when it comes to leaving retirement savings on the table from a lack of financial literacy. However, Europeans arguably face a steeper learning curve. The J.P. Morgan Asset Management 2018 Income Barometer Survey, which interviewed ...

RC interim report is fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... banks. This week we ask: should banks be allowed to promote financial products at schools under the name of financial literacy ?

CBA fires up over Dollarmites criticism

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... the program was designed to turn children into long-term customers of the bank and doesn't actually promote financial literacy at all. CHOICE said payments offered to primary schools by the bank to administer the program amount to commissions. According ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... harder to obtain a home loan. Millennials need to continue the trend of saving and investing and improving their financial literacy early to meet the changing landscape of financial services in Australia."

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... school students considering a career in financial services. In presenting the scholarships, Leda presents a financial literacy seminar to students at selected high schools and also offers a similar seminar to parents in order to help close Australia's ...