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Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... escalating prices. But with China supplying 80 per cent of the global toy market, toxic lead paint coating mass-produced children's toys further raises concerns over manufacturing quality and safety protocols. Both Fisher Price and Mattel have had massive ...

AFA soft skills forum attracts 600

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... had to be ready for each meeting - that preparation was king. That this preparation went beyond knowing the client's children's names, that advisers needed to have their office well presented and welcoming for people. "Rather it went to the core of good ...

Super is now the centrepiece: Vanguard

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... strategy that could work is that if boomer parents diverted some of their just-announced tax cuts into their teenage children's superannuation account it could quickly compound and give them a huge early savings boost. "Just don't expect the kids to ...

Economic round- up: Cutting the apron strings

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007
... earnings risk is becoming an issue. The Economist recently likened Asia's banks (and to Americans that includes us too) to children with over-protective parents, where government's are predisposed to rescuing troubled banks. Considering expanding economies ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... Literacy Foundation has scored a major goal with the introduction of an integrated financial literacy program for all school children from years three to nine, beginning in 2008. The program will embed financial literacy programs into existing subjects ...

Aussies finally get life insurance message: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... consulting and Rice Warner Actuaries into the scale of underinsurance in mid-2005 showed only 4% of those with dependent children have adequate life insurance cover. The study also found 60 per cent of those with dependent children do not have enough ...

FinLit programs damaging schools

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... teach even the basics. "What's been happening is that interest groups have seen that, if there are issues happening when children are older, we need to get in early. What worries me is everyone's going to have a case as to why their one [issue] is the ...

Bad will hunting

... latest Costello Budget also mean that what a married couple thinks is an equitable division of their assets among their children may not necessarily be equitable after tax is taken out. "There are also more complicated traps such as failing to take into ...

Members should update binding beneficiaries: ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2007
... fund, when their family circumstances change. The changing nature of families, including complex family relationships, children with multiple partners, and growing numbers of 'adultescents', means that sorting out members' superannuation death benefits ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007
... rises in housing demand fuelled by immigration increases. The half year to September 2006 saw the highest increase in children born in Australia for 25 years with in excess of 135,000 newborns added. The annual population growth reached a five-year peak ...