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More ins than outs at VTCU

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Victoria Teachers Credit Union is relatively immune to the credit crisis, in the enviable position of holding a deposit book a fifth bigger than its lending book. Net profit increased 26 per cent from $7.9 million to $9.9 million during financial year ...

CHOICE selects top FHSAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
AMP Bank, NSW Teachers Credit Union (NTCU) and Victorian Teachers Credit Union (VTCU) are the three institutions that received the thumbs up in a new report on First Home Savers Accounts (FHSAs) by consumer body CHOICE. FHSAs are deposit savings accounts ...

VISSF turns 50

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... set up in 1958, long before superannuation became a standard employment requirement. It formed after a group of female teachers working at independent schools in Victoria realised they would not have a sufficient income stream in retirement. The first ...

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
US-based Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) pours $1.26 billion of new funds into private equity after its $2.3 billion investment in the sector turned to be a money spinner returning 23 per cent in the year to March. TRS confirms ...

FinLit teachers package released

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally released a support package for school teachers. "Financial literacy is an absolutely vital life skill for young Australians. The Rudd Government recognises that it's critical that young people get the chance ...

FinLit boosts productivity while educating kids

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... difficult to design than many people in the industry sometimes realise. "For our latest program we did a lot of research with teachers prior to introducing it," she explained. Fitzpatrick said programs that are just imposed on schools without any appreciation ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... subjects and it's a major long term threat to our global productivity. A review just released by the Australian Mathematics Teachers Association (AAMT) in conjunction with the University of New England (UNE) in NSW called Maths Why Not? has found that ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Foundation has just announced that the Professional Learning Package aimed at giving resources to primary and secondary school teachers is nearing completion and is on-track for its June 2008 launch, though it will have to compete with the increasing ...

VFMC infrastructure fund takes flight

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
... a 19.6 per cent stake in Birmingham International Airport. The A$1 billion purchase, in partnership with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, who purchased 28.65 per cent, is the VFMC's first direct overseas infrastructure investment, but will not be ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Commonwealth Bank Foundation is partnering with Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) to jointly run financial literacy professional development workshops for teachers. The Foundation has a long history of being involved with financial ...