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FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... ASIC Shadow Shop Survey, in Sydney today. One of the issues raised in the workshop was the need to improve financial literacy. "I believe that financial planning is matter of national importance and I think the government's got a role to play to ensure ...

AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... to financial security has become more difficult." Kirby said the industry is looking at ways to improve the financial literacy of all Australians and promote the value of financial advice. "It's important that the financial services industry looks at ...

MySuper rings alarm for Corporate Super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... gain, interest in their retirement savings," said Latto. Employee services provided by the CSSA also include financial literacy and education seminars, negotiating better terms and conditions with super funds, and continuously monitoring the super fund ...

US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
US Girl Scouts organisers, fed up with schools failing in their obligations to teach students about financial literacy, are launching a new merit badge to tackle the subject. "Many people, not just girls, need some basic financial literacy skills," ...

AXA Gorilla to retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011
... widespread, evidenced by LinkedIn discussion groups in Australia this morning honoring his contribution to financial literacy and investment education. But it may not be the last we hear from the AXA Gorilla. In one of his last Twitter posts this morning ...

Aberdeen focuses on evolving market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... for advisers to provide clients with a sound basic knowledge of fixed income in an effort to increase client financial literacy.

CFS creates new distrib role

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... superannuation commission and for ASIC as a special adviser. Elkins is also a member of the Australian Government Financial Literacy Advisory Board and a director of Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and is currently chair of ASFA ...

Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
More than 250,000 people have gone to the Government's MoneySmart financial literacy website since it was launched in March, showing a strong appetite among consumers for more information about their money, the Federal Government said today. It features ...

Merged planning group to meet new client needs

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011
... reality of cross generational needs is almost cutting edge in itself," said O'Leary. Eluvia plans to offer financial literacy in the workplace to its corporate super clients and will also increase its focus on SMSFs. "The overriding theme of what people ...

Super fund drives member awareness

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... members requested the fund to provide more information on their super. Super funds are increasingly backing financial literacy initiatives as many Australians still don't know much about how to manage their super or seek advice. Professional Associations ...