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Modern kids are consumer savvy: CommBank

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
Just when we thought we'd seen the last of those financial literacy surveys, a new study of secondary school students has found half don't understand the word 'debit' while only one-quarter know what the word 'credit' means. But the surprising result ...

FSR style licensing regime for mortgage brokers

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... the current level of consumer protection. Anyone in government would tell you that. We know that levels of financial literacy are low." The $1 billon reverse mortgage market has attracted plenty of attention from regulators in the past couple of years ...

Sunsuper takes message to the country

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... executive officer, Don Luke, said it is important to provide information seminars geared around supporting the financial literacy campaign and retirement planning in the more remote areas. "We have built a strong presence in many of these regional centres ...

We need to show people how to plan: AXA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... of planning rather than on just pushing products. "To be honest, we were surprised by this apparent lack of financial literacy and the importance of having a fundamental written plan. But that's why we've committed to a community education campaign to ...

Costello puts super and savings in the hands of kids

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
... In a radio interview with ABC Newcastle's Carol Duncan yesterday, the Treasurer said that the government's financial literacy campaign is being introduced into schools through a Lifeskills program which aims to make children more financially savvy. "By ...

Move over FinLit, CrickLit is on its way

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation's campaign to win the hearts and minds of Australian school children is set for major competition with Cricket Australia launching its own integrated educational kit that at first glance seems more developed. Cricket ...

FinLit Foundation goes back to school

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation's plan to introduce useful curriculum into schools is about to take its next step with a series of grassroots consultations with teachers around Australia. According to its just released Educators and Trainers August ...

FinLit website goes live

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
The Financial Literacy Foundation has finally launched its long awaited UnderstandingMoney website. UnderstandingMoney.gov.au is the public face of the Financial Literacy campaign that has transfixed the financial services, and in particular superannuation ...

Aussie women feeling the pinch: ipac

... decisions about how money is spent," ipac said in the report. The group also noted there was a strong link between financial literacy and the perception of financial security. It found that more than 70 per cent of respondents who rated their financial ...

Genworth study uncovers $41.9bn graduate mortgage market

... which can also be added into the overall mortgage loan amount. The group is also taking initiatives to improve financial literacy among graduates after the survey showed that a high 68 per cent of respondents did not know they have to pay lender's mortgage ...