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AFA chief executive steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... establishment of Genxt, Inspire, and Leaders Forum Communities of Practice; the Your Best Interests consumer financial literacy campaign; the setting of the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner designation (FChFP) at Masters level; AFA's renewed Professional ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
Industry Super Australia says growth in the SMSF sector is a result of members having low levels of financial literacy. Citing a 2016 working paper from CIFR, ISA chief economist Stephen Anthony said the 5.5% increase in SMSF membership in 2015 was ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... Williams believes if super funds invested more heavily in technology to engage millennial members and provide financial literacy while offering a real-time view of their super balances, trust will grow. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
In response to a gap in financial literacy highlighted in member surveys, UniSuper recently launched two education initiatives. The $58 billion fund partnered with T. Rowe Price to make its successful US program, Money Confident Kids, available to UniSuper ...

Industry funds blame ATO for super underpayment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... required to pay 9.5% of an employee's salary into superannuation accounts. The ATO said in its submissions that financial literacy, irregular employment, and a profound lack of knowledge about superannuation each identified as barriers to active participation ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... while 73% require a gender diverse range of candidates for management roles. A further 83% offer or sponsor financial literacy and education programs for women, and 75% have return to work processes in place for female staff. Bloomberg head of strategy ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... just in Business Solutions but across the board, including a mobile app with a pension functionality, more financial literacy and mental wellbeing programs this year and a shift to using Net Promoter Scores (NPS) to gauge member experience and engagement ...

Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... relationship with your clients' heirs, you can significantly minimise the risk of this happening to you. Make financial literacy your calling card Financial literacy can be a valuable tool in your effort build relationships with wealthy millennials. ...

BMW caught on car loan failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
BMW Finance must contribute $5 million to financial literacy and consumer advocacy initiatives as part of Australia's largest consumer credit remediation program, including an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC. BMW Finance will provide $77 million ...

FPA philanthropic arm donates $147k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... alcohol dependent, disabled, or disadvantaged in some other respect. Funded projects have been in the areas of financial literacy, skills training, work experience, community service and mentoring. Next year's grant applications open in April 2017, with ...