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Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... screaming out at you right now because they want to know this information," Young said. The foundation provides financial literacy training and one of its remits is to attract indigenous people to work in financial services. Young said of about 200,000 ...

ACE forced to pay $1m for poor Combined sales culture

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... plan to compensate affected consumers in place and make a donation of $1 million to financial counselling and financial literacy initiatives. ACE Insurance salespeople travelled door-to-door selling and renewing Combined Insurance products. The majority ...

AZ NGA acquires second RI Advice practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... in funds under advice. It focuses on asset allocation, retirement planning, insurance, strategic advice and financial literacy education services. Speaking of the founders Jason Andrew, Bernie Cooney and Richard Owen, AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett ...

Mercer appoints diversity leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... Report reveal that it is a complex and multi-faceted issue. Gender equity spans workplace practices and culture, financial literacy and financial security in retirement." Beattie said while there is a growing commitment by business leaders to create ...

Parametric knows what keeps super trustees sleepless

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... retirement income products, and more freedom to communicate with members in a meaningful way that will help lift financial literacy and consequently improve retirement outcomes." The survey drew its strongest response from super funds with between $5 ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... years before moving to India to work on a number of new ventures including the successful consumer focused financial literacy blog, The Money Hans. DiligenceVault is a new fintech tool designed to help asset allocators conduct manager research and due ...

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... financial advisers gave their views on how to address the gender gap in retirement savings. Education and expanding financial literacy was seen as the most important tool, as well as maintaining current incentives for women to stay in the workforce and ...

AFA recommends SG monthly threshold removal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... affordable, quality child care including out of school hours care" and an education program to address super-related financial literacy for "women in specific segments of greatest need." "Whilst the above changes will initially cost the Government a ...

Women program to reach all CBA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... said that "not only can financial advice help to improve financial security, it also increases confidence and financial literacy and encourages women to take more control over their money, which in turn helps combat gender inequity more broadly." Perkovic ...

NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... sufficiency of the pension; and through the Office for Women, the government should fund and co-ordinate a financial literacy strategy targeting women. The Senate is expected to report on its inquiry by the first parliament sitting day of March 2016. ...