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ASFA and JUST Super call for changes in the Budget

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006
... squeezed in recent years, particularly for middle income earners." ASFA recently rejected a proposal by a government taskforce to raise the minimum level for compulsory employer super contributions, a call that has been backed by JUST Super. Gerard Noonan ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... [done the same]. Kids don't learn from what you tell them, they learn from what you show them." Clitheroe stressed the taskforce was however not a solution to all the problems in the financial sector. "Please don't come up to me next year and say 'there's ...

ASIC also a budget winner

... already been specifically earmarked for three purposes. The first of these is to boost the funding for the James Hardie Taskforce. The team set up in 2004 to investigate complex matters arising from the James Hardie Special Commission of Inquiry will ...

FPA releases draft conflict of interest guidelines

... planners and dealer groups of their existing responsibilities. The draft principals were developed by a 20-member FPA taskforce, which included representatives from small, medium and large dealer groups. "We deliberately avoided a rules-based approach ...

More financial education required

... Government has also identified the need for better financial education and established the Consumer and Financial Literacy Taskforce late last year to address the issue.

FPA pushes members to adopt tighter conflict of interest guidelines

... the Wealth Management Industry and Industry Guide on Rebates and Related Payments papers. The FPA has also created a taskforce made up from a range of licenced members to create a set of principles which will be released as the association's Principles ...

FPA's advice to industry

... guidance to its members in developing statements of advice (SoAs). SoAs must accompany personal financial advice given. SoA taskforce chair Corinna Dieters said there was a need for practical guidance, which is clear and concise from FPA members. "The ...

IFSA welcomes financial education in schools

A new 15-member Government taskforce to coordinate improved financial information and education for consumers has been welcomed by the industry. Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive Richard Gilbert said he particularly ...

Government launches taskforce to educate consumers about finance

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2004
Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan has announced a government taskforce to develop a national plan to tackle financial illiteracy among consumers. Chaired by finance commentator Paul Clitheroe, the taskforce for the National Strategy for Consumer and ...

Treasurer announces two appointments to Productivity Commission

... business expertise with ICI and then as CEO of Orica Ltd. He chaired the Business Council of Australia's Energy Reform Taskforce and was a member of the Government's Trade Policy Advisory Council. Mr Costello also announced that Dr David Robertson's ...