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School kids should be financially literate: Commonwealth

Commonwealth Bank has awarded $350,000 to a hundred secondary schools across the country as part of their financial literacy program for young Australians. This week the group chose 100 recipients from more than 280 applications to receive $3,500 Financial ...

Government steps up financial literacy campaign

The Financial Literacy Forum together with the Federal Government has stepped up its $41 million financial literacy campaign adopting a more coordinated approach to help Australians improve their financial skills. The campaign was part of the Financial ...

Employees indicate mystery still surrounds Choice

... employees in New South Wales and Victoria. TWUSuper fund secretary and chief executive Bill McMillin says, "Poor financial literacy standards leads to general apathy towards superannuation or ultimately ill-informed investment choices." ACNielsen's earlier ...

Industry bodies in joint move to improve financial literacy

... Financial Services Association (IFSA) have worked together to released a guide to help employees improve their financial literacy in the lead up to choice of super. Called Smarter Super - Make the Most of Your Retirement the guide aims to clarify some ...

AMP looks to increase consumer financial literacy

AMP Financial Planning has launched a new campaign designed to improve the financial literacy of consumers and de-mystify financial planning and the financial services industry. The campaign is called Thinking Ahead and consists of an interactive CD-ROM ...

More financial education required

... Furthermore, the FPA is looking to become involved with Year 10 students. Kelly says the FPA is investigating if financial literacy can be offered as a specific education segment during the part of the year when the Year 10 students are required to participate ...

A focused and fitter FPA for 2005

... FPA's annual general meeting signalled a new 'focused and fitter' association with a continued emphasis on financial literacy and the importance of financial planners. Buoyed by the recent CPA survey, which reported increasing confidence in financial ...

Financial illiteracy prevalent

... they will fund their retirement. Dr Garman believes the workplace has an important role to play in raising financial literacy standards and maintains there is a strong association between the financial health of an organisation and the financial well ...

IFSA issues new fact sheets to educate

... the distribution of two new fact sheets for investors as part of the Association's commitment to improving financial literacy. Gilbert said the two facts sheets - Money Matters for Women and Licence to Trade - were now able to be downloaded free from ...

Strengthening market brings increase in share scams: ASIC

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2004
... recovering stock markets. ASIC's executive director of consumer protection Peter Kell, speaking at a seminar on financial literacy, said the well-informed consumer was the best scam buster, as ASIC released a list of Dos and Don'ts for the would-be investor. ...