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US Girl Scouts launch financial literacy merit badge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
... needs to be done about it. The financial literacy merit badge will be structured so it starts with kindergarten-age girls learning the basics about money and then going deeper into financial issues as girls get older so by the time they go to college ...

AMP appoints new CFO

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
AMP has appointed Colin Storrie as chief financial officer, replacing Paul Learning who will retire. Storrie will replace current chief financial officer (CFO) Paul Leaming effective 1 January 2012. Learning will retire at the end of the year after ...

Manager tenure impacts success: S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... immediate impact on the productivity of the business with work then distributed to other members in the team, resulting in a learning period which hinders the fund. The analysis showed that when compared to short-tenured peers, portfolio managers with ...

Cost of living outpacing retirement incomes

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... costs for retirees. For the first time, the survey looked at the spending costs of those 90 years old and over. "We are learning more about the very old with the ageing population and a far bigger proportion of people hitting their 90s," said Pauline ...

Telstra Super launches retirement campaign

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... for a super fund to try and encourage those that haven't engaged with their retirement savings to spend a few minutes learning about the various elements they can act on now, in order to be in a better position in the years ahead," said Moloney. "Providing ...

Bad news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... combined, yet most equity markets ended on the up and up. No Virginia, I'm not talking about ol' Dominique Strauss-Kahn learning that he can't do what he allegedly did to a maid in a Manhattan Hotel and get away with it. The allegations alone cost him ...

Financial planners to improve soft skills

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... learn behavioural skills to help them sell insurance to clients through a new training course offered by AXA. The Risk Learning Program has two main components, one that teaches advisers to discuss life, TPD and income protection insurance with compassion ...

Bendigo aims to empower planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank officially launches Bendigo Wealth with a distinct focus on tailor made customer service from financial advisers. The new wealth management division has been created to align its portfolio of offerings, including leveraged ...

Researchers sharpen ETF focus

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... co-head of fund research. Morningstar has 15 analysts tracking ETFs around the world, seeing good and bad practices and learning what has and has not worked. "Australia is a long way behind the rest of the world in terms of the development of the ETF ...

Gen Yers turn to social media for financial advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... survey also found that Gen Yers are starting to take care of their finances at a far earlier age then their predecessors, learning from the Global Financial Crisis and actively engaging in their own savings. "Many of them witnessed their parents' and ...