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Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

... to money are more critical than financial education when trying to get the message across. Plum's senior education development consultant, Michelle Brown, challenged the age-old wisdom that financial education is the key to funding the country's retirement ...

Govt leads VC investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... investors shun the sector. "The venture capital sector plays a crucial role in the commercialisation of research and development, and the $200 million IIF3 program will be an important part of stimulating investment," said Ian Macfarlane, Minister for ...

Barrett builds new distribution team at CFS

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... internal recruitment drive, making four key appointments. Kylie Macfarlane has been promoted to head of retail business development. She has spent eight years with CFS in roles including NSW state manager, head of distribution planning and development ...

AIG improves insurance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... also added 130 new occupations to its "E" category to allow advisers to broaden their client market. "Our product development agenda has once again been adviser driven," general manager of distribution, Brett Clark, said. "Our key areas of focus are ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... The Nikkei started the new fiscal year down 1.5 per cent as investors sold recent gainers such as Sumitomo Realty & Development Co while Oki Electric Industry Co tumbled on a dim outlook. The Nikkei lost 259.24 points to 17,028.41. The benchmark earlier ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... China has become a famed source for copying science and technology developed in other countries without paying for the development costs, let alone the time involved in such things.

Meridien and AMP Capital Investors form $1bn team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... operations over the last 12 months, with a total of approximately 4,000 units either completed or currently under development across South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. Meridien executive chairman, David Roberts, said AMP Capital Meridien ...

Fin Wisdom appoints ex-MLC exec

... Melbourne. Prior to Haintz, he was the Victorian state manager for the MLC aligned licensees and state manager and practice development manager at MLC Alliances. "Tim will be responsible for both the ongoing operations of Financial Wisdom and the development ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
... more foreign goods to enter the country and hence help alleviate the politically sensitive trade balance. The Asian Development Bank has said that the Chinese trade imbalance may rise as high as $US257 billion from $US178 billion last year.

Govt proposes shorter PDS

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... are a major breakthrough in the regulation of the Australian financial services industry, and this is a legislative development that will no doubt be closely watched by other jurisdictions," Gilbert said. "Internet access is rapidly approaching 80 per ...