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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... meeting, on the immediate level of official interest rates. In economic news, the Federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations will release its skilled vacancies index for a monthly survey conducted on April 14. In company news, Alumina Ltd ...

FinLit in schools in 2008

CHRIS NICHOLLS AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2007
... dinner table taboo. I find it strange that money still is," said Clitheroe. Clitheroe said the often-overlooked issue of workplace financial literacy is just as important, as employees often spent more time on the office footy tipping contest than their ...

Sunsuper launches free advice call centre

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... introduction in January of a free general financial advice hotline for members, part of a two-tiered strategy with a workplace financial education program, designed to improve financial literacy for its customers.

Industry funds show master trusts a clean pair of heels

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... Information, showed that industry super funds on average delivered more profit in all sectors than non-industry funds. For workplace super, industry super funds delivered an average of $697 more gains over one year than retail master trusts, $2,212 more ...

FinLit Foundation launches into workplaces

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... Literacy Foundation is emerging from behind the scenes and is launching a booklet to help financial literacy in the workplace, stepping up its efforts to work with the tertiary education sector and is even launching dramatic productions for schools. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
There has been some particularly good news on the employment front with Workplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey announcing that the number of long-term unemployed fell by in excess of 13,000 in January to a record low of about 78,000. The number of ...

MEB warns on reverse mortgages

... them in order to pocket the commission, not because it is in the best interest of the client," said Tony Beck, head of workplace business at Member's Equity. "Reverse mortgages are more complex than most people realise because of the compounding effect ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... than the recent peak of October 2004. Another measure of the job market calculated by the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, skilled vacancy series, increased by 1.4 per cent in January which was up from the 0.9 per cent growth in December. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... time high the warning signs about the employment cycle have begun to trickle through. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations says that its Leading Indicator of Employment has now declined for the past seven months and they confirm that ...

HESTA gives members free super advice

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
HESTA Super Fund has announced it will offer all its members free superannuation planning advice in the workplace through its network of Superannuation Service Advisers (SSA). HESTA members can arrange to meet an SSA in their workplace for personal ...