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Twenty new topics for NGS Super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The $2.65 billion NGS Super is helping members tackle financial literacy barriers with extra modules and 20 new topics added to its interactive online program. NGS Super's 'Take Control of Your Finances' program aims to help members manage money better. ...

CSRF supports Catholic Schools Week

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... Superannuation and Retirement Fund is partnering with Catholic Schools Week in 2009 to help boost super and financial literacy. This year marks the third time CRSF will be supporting the dioceses of New South Wales and ACT in their promotion of Catholic ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... of this crisis but prepare them for the next one too. That means subsidising financial advice to boost the financial literacy of the masses; introducing new homeownership insurance products and retail products such as GDP-linked bonds that hedge against ...

Back to school for Sunsuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... to more complicated issues such as estate planning and maximising retirement savings. Besides the web-based financial literacy programs, the fund is also offering seminars and workshops throughout March and April. Among the areas covered by Sunsuper's ...

FPA heads to eye of Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... planning is a 50:50 relationship between the planner and client. The FPA is supporting ASIC and the government's financial literacy strategy to ensure consumers are more informed. Only one third of Storm Financial's planners are individual members of ...

Investor knowledge fuels SMSF growth

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... particularly management and executives," she said. Programs such as Simpler Super, Better Super and numerous financial literacy campaigns piloted by the government and regulators have prompted investors to consider whether SMSFs might be a better option ...

Indigenous Australians get fin lit boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... providers in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory to heighten residents' awareness of super and financial literacy. Senator Sherry, who is currently in Cairns, is traveling around the northern regions of Australia this week along with Australian ...

Is super sexist?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... IOOF-owned super fund launched two months ago is targeting female investors and future retirees in its latest financial literacy campaign, which includes a report titled 'Is super sexist? Things to think about for women.' The super fund's report notes ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... saving," said Gary Smith, Watson Wyatt senior DC consultant. Watson Wyatt's action underscores the momentum behind financial literacy worldwide. This week, minister of superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry and the Australian Securities ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
Insurance and super will soon be explained to high school students via a new government and ASIC-led financial literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments ...