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No silver bullet for gender equity in super: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... in providing retirement advice could play a greater role in providing solutions. "Clearly, gender-specific financial literacy programs or products could have a role in helping women save more to compensate for taking time off to care for children or ...

BNP Paribas enters EU with ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... and reliability of those benchmarks. BNP will make a voluntary contribution of $1 million to fund independent financial literacy projects in Australia. The BBSW is the primary interest rate benchmark used in Australian financial markets. Prior to 27 ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Her role will focus on financial decision-making, financial literacy and cognitive decline with ageing. She is a specialist in statistics and micro-econometric analysis. Feng's role will be ...

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... go with areas they are most familiar with. But what you hope over time is, if you keep raising the levels of financial literacy in Australia is that people will take a more balanced view about how they allocate their assets."

AustralianSuper CEO justifies The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... New Daily chair Garry Weaven's statement that one of the central aims of the venture is to increase members' financial literacy without trying to sell any product or fund. He said he believes that "having a money section which is not slanted on a product ...

The New Daily to avoid political bias: Weaven

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... AustralianSuper and Cbus - investing in this venture. It is about "maximising points of contact" and "increasing financial literacy" in an engaging way. As well as delivering mainstream news, it will have educational bent. "There's not going to be a ...

Direct investment growth changes landscape

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... wealth and super Salvador Saiz said the growth is being fed by a burgeoning segment of the market with improving financial literacy and desire to take control of their financial independence. However, he warned that many businesses would have to rethink ...

Problem is weak credit law, not us: ASIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... not accept ASIC's submissions," the regulator said. ASIC said it provided consumer guidance in the form of financial literacy material on managing credit and loans and debt, which was available on the MoneySmart website. The regulator added that "despite ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... adviser who is giving advice to them for their best interest. "I think that all of us as professionals sharing financial literacy, sharing our knowledge, it comes back to you in abundance." No one on the panel seriously explored the idea of a Medicare-style ...

Finance industry integrity called into question

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
... that advisers operate with integrity, only 9% of the segment correspondent to government agencies, media and financial literacy experts believed in the integrity of advisers. Investor and consumers' opinion was between these two. Fund managers also ranked ...