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Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... a whopping $320 million. Others copping a financial king-hit lately are members of the Australian Direct Marketing Association and offshore telemarketing centers, following the Federal Trade Commission's launch of their National Do Not Call Registry. ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
Increasing demand for up-to-date super fund performance and asset allocation data has prompted the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) to develop standardised data forms for super funds akin to what has been used by the retail managed funds ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... that people in the financial sector "speak a different language". Will Morony, executive officer of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, said, "Financial literacy will always be multi-dimensional, and achieving these goals of course requires ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... the 12 months to December 2006, according to new figures released yesterday by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). The sales increase comes after a major study by TNS consulting and Rice Warner Actuaries into the scale of underinsurance ...

Manage your retirement: Greenspan

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... explored during this summit and doing what we do best - encouraging consumers to take action." MDRT is a non-profit association, representing 35,000 financial services professionals worldwide.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... price index contract was trading up 73 points, or 1.18 per cent at 6,250. In economic news today, the Housing Industry Association of Australia will release new home sales data for March, and the Westpac Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic ...

Former FuturePlus head gets in the Grove

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... general manager of Chifley Financial Services. Westbrook has also previously been a chairman of the fund Executives Association Limited (FEAL). "Grove is a well-respected asset consulting group with its own wholesale web-based investment platform. It's ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... 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 recess to get through bulging curriculums, Trimper said ...

MFS snaps up ex-BT hedge funds guru

... Management. He is a recipient of the 2006 Contribution to the Industry Award by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). Michelle Baltazar

NZ mortgage brokers face 25 per cent income cut

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2007
... the loan value. The bank is currently conducting what it calls "consultation", but the New Zealand Mortgage Brokers' Association has slammed that as being "a sham." ANZ/National is also proposing to extend - from 12 to 18 months - its clawback provisions ...