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Confusion reigns over financial literacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... literacy interventions and evaluations are still developing, and it is widely recognised that both are inherently difficult," notes the consultation paper. Financial literacy programs are also hampered by emerging evidence that the dramatically increased ...

Govt starts super reforms campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... "If you were making super payments at the minimum 9% rate, you need to adjust payments to the new rate from 1 July 2013," notes the information on the website. Many employment arrangements, particularly in industries exposed to tightening economic conditions ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... business survey for the March quarter will be released. Also, the Australian government will auction $1 billion of Treasury Notes. In companies news, quarterly production reports from Fortescue Metals Group, Woodside Petroleum and Iluka are due for release. ...

BGL extends contract note service to managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... July 2012, automates the contract note collection process for purchases of managed funds, loading data and PDF contract notes straight into BGL's Simple Fund SMSF administration software. BGL's Simple Fund software is used to administer over 75% of Australia's ...

FIIG brings corporate bond issue to market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... the wholesale market on behalf of sugar miller Mackay Sugar, the fixed income broker announced this week. The five-year notes will be offered with a coupon of between 7% and 7.5% and dealers will be free to trade the securities on the secondary market ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... the proportion of women chairpersons and chief executives of ASX200 companies which were found to only be 4%. The irony, notes the ACSI research, is that even the healthcare sector that has 70% women employees, has the lowest average number of women ...

Can't help falling in love with stocks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... showed the 3-month average insider sales-to-buy ratio rising to a 2-year high of 12 sells to 1 buy. Pavilion Global Markets notes that equities fell by 5.9% on average in the next six months when the ratio is greater than 11. Greater fool? As Elvis 'the ...

$1tr flows into US bond funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... investment news service. Illustrating the reaction investment managers are worrying about, yields on 30 year bonds are now 3.2%, notes Bloomberg figures. The yield curve for Australian bonds is not so steep, however, while 10 year bond yields are now ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... to invest (in those CDOs). Anyone who lost money by investing in three specific investments sold by CBA - Pure Portfolio Notes; Oasis Portfolio Notes; and Palladin Portfolio Notes - between January 2006 and December 2007 is eligible to join the class ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... advisers who are all over social media, they're simply not applying people management skills - they just don't get it," notes Gardner. Social media can help financial advisers systemise the process of client engagement, but Gardner reminded delegates ...