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Planning business gives teachers bad advice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
A Sydney financial planning business targeting teachers has been found guilty of providing super switching advice that was misleading or deceptive. The Supreme Court of New South Wales found First Capital Financial Planning, under the business name ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... financial sector "speak a different language". Will Morony, executive officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, said, "Financial literacy will always be multi-dimensional, and achieving these goals of course requires cross-curricular ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... to get through bulging curriculums, Trimper said the current environment was "like working in a pressure cooker" with "teachers feeling guilty if they don't get through everything." Calling for a charter to redefine primary schools' roles, Trimper said ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... overview of the range of activities being undertaken in financial literacy," it added. And after keeping a low profile with teachers at the coal face, the Foundation has finally begun working with the government, catholic and independent school sectors ...

One in 10 Japanese planners pass CFP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... year. The next Japanese CFP exams will be held in June. Meanwhile the JAFP has released research showing that school teachers in Japan "are very interested in students learning about money," especially if such financial education is geared toward the ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... process," said the Foundation's November Educators and Trainers Financial Literacy Network newsletter. Getting input from teachers at the coalface has also been important. "We have completed our national professional survey and consultations with teachers ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... recruited from Canada, where he was the senior vice president and risk management expert at the US$100 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. Not only is Ontario Teacher's one of the largest pension funds in Canada, it is also one of the most successful ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... Ashes Challenge and CricKids Playing in Harmony." The programs, they claim, "are the first of its kind for Australian teachers and students in being able to interact and learn about subjects such as History, English, Geography and Maths, through cricket." ...

FinLit Foundation goes back to school

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... introduce useful curriculum into schools is about to take its next step with a series of grassroots consultations with teachers around Australia. According to its just released Educators and Trainers August newsletter, later this month and in September ...