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Wanted: Wharton scholar

CAMERON BOGGS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
... are giving one local super fund executive a shot at a full scholarship to Wharton, one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. The scholarship is targeted towards Australian based superfund executives, chief executives and chief investment ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... disability, and survivor benefits to teachers and administrators employed at Illinois public elementary and secondary schools outside the city of Chicago. The fund has assets valued at $40.6 billion as of March 31, 2008.

Resources boom has only just begun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
... will be moving into cities, especially in China and India. When they do they will require the same things we require - schools, air conditioning, roads, hospitals and even sporting stadiums." This transformation is driving up per capita metals consumption ...

FinLit boosts productivity while educating kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... of research with teachers prior to introducing it," she explained. Fitzpatrick said programs that are just imposed on schools without any appreciation of how teachers have to integrate them into their curriculum designs just alienates the people they ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... economic supply constraints. A starting point to addressing these educational shortfalls might be getting resources into schools, suggested the AAMT/UNE report, which may mean spending money supporting teachers and equipping them to teach the subjects ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... 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 West as April is Financial Literacy Month. New York city even has an ...

NGS awards $150m mandate to Solaris

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Non-Government Schools Super has awarded a $150 million mandate to boutique fund manager Solaris Investment Management after retracting its initial offer to Suncorp. NGS Super initially awarded the mandate to Suncorp last November but jumped ship when ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building and stocking schools in effort to help child labourers receive an education. Last year, IFFP donated $15,000 to the project designed to build a school ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... professional development workshops for teachers. The Foundation has a long history of being involved with financial literacy in schools and this latest move is already being welcomed by teacher groups who have been asking for more professional development ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation has scored a major goal with the introduction of an integrated financial literacy program for all school children from years three to nine, beginning in 2008. The program will embed financial literacy programs into ...