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FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... about their economic rights, trying to create momentum for the provision of appropriate banking products and services for young people around the world, and to have relevant curricula included in schools. Meanwhile it's an issue just as big in the developed ...

Rents to jump 50 pct, inflation to hit 4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2008
Australian residential property is overvalued and primed for a price correction, according the International Monetary Fund (IMF), meanwhile housing supply is in such demand that rents are projected to jump 50 per cent. The rental price jump predicted ...

When good housing news is bad

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... an average $40,000 per year mean the fight against housing affordability is effectively lost. Indeed it kills any hope a young person may have had to even use the Rudd government's new First Home Saver Accounts to help them get into the market as these ...

St George appoints margin lending head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... previously St George head of payment solutions and held positions at Westpac, Rothchilds Australia Asset Management and Ernst & Young before joining the bank three years ago. Curry said the St George margin lending business had strong growth targets ...

MTAA boosts insurance cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
MTAA Superannuation Fund has improved its group insurance cover for its members after renewing its contract with MetLife Insurance. The super fund member default insurance cover includes total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. In addition, many ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... capital works programs - some $30 billion over the next five to 10 years just in new water sources for urban Australia," Ross Young executive officer of the Water Services Association Australia told Rural Press reporters in Canberra this week. Meanwhile ...

Good wine, good advice

Hunter Valley may be better known as the haven of award-winning wine but it is also a source of award-winning financial advice. Hunter region-based financial planner Jennifer Leslie has received the Financial Planner of the Year Award at the 2007 Hillross ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... Planning (IFFP) is donating sales commissions that cannot be rebated back to clients to an Indian charity project called Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building and stocking schools in ...

Club Plus takes the reins

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... the ages of 30 and 45 and 60/40 balanced option for members aged 45 and over. "We're trying to do the best by our members. Young people aren't engaged in superannuation and as a result they often don't make the right choice," Paul Cahill, Club Plus Superannuation ...

FPA takes it to the grassroots

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... August as well as open days, graduation ceremonies and careers days." Bloch said because financial planning was a relatively young profession by comparison to other professionals, it wasn't well known among young people.