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Govt to ramp up FinLit in national school curriculum

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
A re-elected Gillard Government will invest $10 million into financial literacy curriculum projects, including its integration into the national school curriculum supplemented by teacher training by ASIC. Financial literacy is already well established ...

Fin centre plans hang in the balance: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2010
... scrap the proposal. "The Coalition has described funding for the centre as 'foreign aid'. When the Coalition boasts of its budget savings, this is where they come from," said Bowen in his address to FSC delegates. The leader of the Opposition has asked ...

Waiting to exhale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... bonds lower last night. Not reinvesting these would be tantamount to reducing liquidity in the system. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the Fed's MBS investments would earn a record US$70 billion in profits this year. This follows ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... and every piece of data that comes their way. It started with the fear of Greece's inability to contain its burgeoning budget deficit and make good on its sovereign debt. Greece can't pay so there must be others? Searching... searching. Yes there are! ...

Down on old news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... rating because of the country's uncertainty over its growth prospects and the achievement of its target of trimming the budget deficit to 6 per cent of GDP by the end of next year from 11.2 per cent in 2009. Uncertainty??? Moody's is still unsure that ...

New benchmarks for better retirement: ASFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... modern comforts that used to be nice-to-haves but are now must-haves. In the report, the new standards account for higher budget expenditure in seven categories namely communications (phone and internet connection), private health cover, energy, clothing ...

Short form PDS gets green light

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... imminent release of the final report from the Cooper Review, the Government's response to Ripoll, the increase in SG and other budget initiatives, and now the short form PDS regime, there is a framework and future plan for the industry to meet ever-changing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... the resource industry to do the same, as a sign of good faith. Ms Gillard said she was committed to returning Australia's budget to surplus by 2013. Bell Financial Group senior adviser Chris Kimber said resources stocks were surging on expectations that ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... policy now -- particularly in relation to the "Super Tax" on mining, climate change, asylum seekers, superannuation, the budget, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera? Like Wall Street, we Australians just have to wait and see.

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... top of the spending cuts and tax increases already announced by the previous government to tackle the country's yawning budget deficit. I may be crucified for saying this but... wait for it... I agree with America. There I said it! The lessons of the ...

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ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI
Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI
NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

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