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Super choice overwhelms women

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... women could no longer rely on their husbands for retirement income, either, said Linda Elkins, director of the financial literacy foundation and director of retirement services at Russell. "Statistically, 50 per cent of women can expect to be widowed ...

Industry groups get smart

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
... Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA) have updated their consumer financial literacy guide - Smarter Super - Invest in your future and make the most of your retirement. The revised booklet includes the ...

QSuper champions fin literacy

... superannuation fund for the Queensland Government, will roll out a host of initiatives that will help improve the financial literacy of its 470,000-odd members, including the largely overlooked Gen X and Gen Y segments. A major supporter of the Financial ...

Super choice Budget boost

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... breakdowns that allow spouses to transfer in-specie to another fund without incurring a CGT liability. Meanwhile, financial literacy spending has jumped dramatically with $6 million funding boost, and the Government has moved to protect our poverty stricken ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation has scored a major goal with the introduction of an integrated financial literacy program for all school children from years three to nine, beginning in 2008. The program will embed financial literacy programs into ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
Teaching financial literacy in primary schools simply adds clutter to an already overcrowded curriculum, said Leonie Trimper, president of the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA). Citing examples of US schools being forced to cancel morning ...

Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

Forget financial literacy. Leading superannuation advice specialist Plum found that attitudes to money are more critical than financial education when trying to get the message across. Plum's senior education development consultant, Michelle Brown ...

Sunsuper launches free advice call centre

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... for members, part of a two-tiered strategy with a workplace financial education program, designed to improve financial literacy for its customers.

HOSTPLUS tailors fin lit to Gen X and Gen Y

... Industry super fund HOSTPLUS is forging a new path to reach its Gen X and Gen Y super fund members, launching a financial literacy program specifically for 20 to 30-somethings. This month, the fund partnered with Scott Pape, author of the bestseller ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
The Financial Literacy Foundation is emerging from behind the scenes and is launching a booklet to help financial literacy in the workplace, stepping up its efforts to work with the tertiary education sector and is even launching dramatic productions ...