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Australia ranks fifth for financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... since 2009 and its reading performance has been falling since 2012. According to the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), competency in these disciplines, which contributes to financial literacy performance, is heavily influenced by a ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
The S&P 500 index notched another fresh record high overnight - up by 0.3% to 2,404.39 points - and the VIX index dropped to a reading of 10.02 - the market has never been this fearless in more than 23 years (January 1994 when the index read 9.94) - ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... months to March 2017, overall satisfaction with retail super funds was 60% compared to industry funds at 57.3%. Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris said although satisfaction with retail superannuation funds is now higher ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The CFA Institute is partnering with a United Nations-backed organisation to determine why investment managers aren't standardising environmental, social and governance factors across all asset classes. CFA Institute, together with the Principles for ...

Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... targeted integrity measures based on the recommendations of the Melbourne Law School / Monash Business School Phoenix Research Team. Phoenix activity occurs when the directors of a business transfer its assets to a new company (generally owned by the ...

Eurozone ascending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
If Monsieur Benoit Coeure's - member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB) - recent comments are any indication, don't expect any changes in ECB monetary policy settings anytime soon. Coure told his audience at a conference at the ...

Australians pass on life insurance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... insurance directly makes life cover accessible to more Australians who otherwise would be uncovered." The survey was based on research conducted by CoreData of 1000 Australian parents across the nation in April 2017.

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The life insurance market experienced weak growth in the last three years despite the significant amount of marketing effort and money spent on rejuvenating the industry, a new report shows. Product innovation and intensive marketing activities by insurance ...

Iron magnate makes historic $400m pledge

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... 2001. The funds will be distributed across the following areas: three lots of $75 million will be distributed to cancer research, education and early childhood development; and two lots of $50 million will go to the eradication of modern slavery and ...