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Seniors vote against Westpoint

... Vote 2007' program, the National Seniors Association (NSA) is demanding a three point plan, including more financial literacy initiatives, to prevent senior investors from losing their money on high risk debentures such as Westpoint, Australian Capital ...

Super veterans accept Industry Service Awards

... Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA), which represents the market's fastest growing sub-sector. Advocating financial literacy, Colley has co-authored a number of books and publications on superannuation and has been involved in writing material ...

Vanguard arms investors with Plain Talk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
Index manager Vanguard joins the growing list of investment companies championing investor financial literacy when it launched a line of educational materials based on their popular Plain Talk Guide format. The guides cover seven different topics including ...

Australians at ease with debt

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... could be affecting investor perceptions with one in three exceeding their debt capacity. A Federal Government Financial Literacy Foundation report, Financial literacy: Australians understanding money, found 79 per cent of respondents said they were comfortable ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
... with common issues across the region, such as talent shortage, managing an ageing population and improving financial literacy. Tim Jenkins, currently head of Mercer New Zealand and head of retirement in Australia and New Zealand, will replace Promnitz ...

ING revamps corporate and SME super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... employee family members are now eligible to receive the same benefits as a current member. To improve member financial literacy, the PDS has been shortened and now contains a CD-ROM and website links where members can check their super balance and navigate ...

AMP names new chief

... played a vital role in the turnaround of AMP," he said. Dunn is also a director of the advisory board to the Financial Literacy Foundation and currently the chairman and board member of the Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA). ...

Consultum takes flight

... need to ensure a high level of dealer group support as the business continued in its campaign for increased financial literacy among staff. After the move, Flight Centre MoneyWi$e advisers will now have access to back-office, business and technical support ...

New PDS cuts to the chase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... approach could be as simple as tailoring a different document for different membership segments depending on their financial literacy, or surveying your membership to find out what they find most useful in making their investment decisions." Promnitz ...

Comm Foundation partners with teachers on FinLit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
... Commonwealth Bank Foundation is partnering with Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) to jointly run financial literacy professional development workshops for teachers. The Foundation has a long history of being involved with financial ...