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Female Excellence in Advice Award winner named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... profession. Baker was selected for her strong advocacy of females in financial advice and her efforts in improving financial literacy in the community with her two podcasts, Centsability and Equity Gals. AFA chief executive Phil Anderson said Baker is ...

AFA award finalists named

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... change through their leadership, innovation, customer-centricity and commitment to professional excellence and financial literacy," Zurich Life & Investments chief distribution officer Kieran Forde said. "It has been great to be part of the judging panel ...

BFID no hindrance to helping vulnerable members: Panel

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... elderly, the very young, people with a disability, people with financial distress, people with low levels of financial literacy, people with non-English speaking backgrounds, homeless people, people in domestic violence situations, people living in remote ...

Financial literacy in Australia drops by almost 10%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... Financial Wellbeing and General Life Satisfaction in Australia revealed respondents answered 61.69% of the five financial literacy questions. The data suggests an almost 10% drop in financial literacy since the federal government's 2021 Australian ...

Registrations open for FPA initiatives

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... grants valued at up to $10,000 each supporting programs and funding projects that contribute to skills training, financial literacy, work experience, community service, mentoring and more for children at risk or suffering from hardship," Berry said. ...

AZ Sestante launches digital investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... regular updates, explaining the reasoning behind their portfolio management decisions, as well as informative financial literacy and wellbeing content. AZ Sestante's head of distribution and implemented consulting Andrew Davies said the launch aims to ...

Insignia Financial, Personetics partnership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... wellbeing throughout life - not just at retirement," he said. The partnership looks to address key needs such as financial literacy. An statement said, given the limited number of Australians who currently receive financial advice, more need help and ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... Breckenridge stated. Congruently, research called for financial services to invest in culturally appropriate financial literacy programs and plain language product descriptions to ensure financial help is culturally sensitive and accessible. As previously ...

Lifespan partners with OpenInvest to launch advice solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... portfolio professionally managed for them by Lifespan. The product will give users access to a regular feed of financial literacy and educational content in the form of articles and videos. Lifespan chief executive Eugene Ardino said the company was ...

Lumiant receives $3m investment from US wealth manager

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... board. Brodeski said the company wanted a tool that would enable it to deliver advice to clients no matter their financial literacy. "We found what we were looking for in Lumiant and are lucky to have the opportunity to invest in the company's future," ...