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New initiative to improve women's economic health

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Association of Australia (FPA) has announced a partnership with not-for-profit 10thousandgirl in a bid to improve the financial literacy and economic health of women in regional areas. The partnership will see the FPA play an integral role in 10thousandgirl's ...

Former AMP chief executive joins Westpac

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... member of the federal government's Financial System Inquiry and is a current board member of the government's Financial Literacy Board and the Australian Ballet. Before joining AMP where he was chief executive between 2008 and 2013, Dunn was chief executive ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... introduce fiduciary standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) said in a policy briefing ...

FPA asks for tax deductible advice in budget submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... argued that it is important for Australians to understand the benefits of superannuation and have access to financial literacy to maintain consumer protection. "Making financial advice more affordable for consumers supports the Coalition's superannuation ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... has seen in decades. There is no better way to illustrate this than the nuclear option that "disclosure and financial literacy are not enough" and that financial institutions need higher [moral and ethical] obligations to ensure their consumers are given ...

IOSCO updates FinLit framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Commissions (IOSCO) has released its final report outlining its global framework for investor education and financial literacy. In their Strategic Framework for Investor Education and Financial Literacy report, IOSCO said that it has a major role to ...

Kate McCallum wins AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... the areas where I am still striving. I'm very aware that excellence is a journey," McCallum said. "Developing financial literacy with female clients and the confidence to make informed decisions that comes from that knowledge, is an important criteria ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... robustness of advice process, personal adviser qualities, industry contribution and commitment to improving financial literacy. The practice of the year award looks at practice's use of technology, quality of client engagement materials and quality of ...

Throw out relative performance tables: Finsia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... superannuation from "lump sum" to "income replacement" thinking. Second, it will increase the engagement and financial literacy in the community by shifting the focus of superannuation from a pot of gold, and instead focusing on securing adequate retirement ...

Challenger supports default 'MyPension' product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
... product would make sense. "Many retirees are disengaged from the superannuation system; they lack sufficient financial literacy and the experience necessary to make good choices themselves; they cannot afford, will not seek or do not trust financial ...