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Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... financial services. In presenting the scholarships, Leda presents a financial literacy seminar to students at selected high schools and also offers a similar seminar to parents in order to help close Australia's financial literacy gap. Over the coming ...

Industry fund recognised for data security expertise

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Australian Registry Investments (the NSW operation)." The Victorian Government's $2.86 billion windfall will invest new schools, hospitals and transport projects. The state will retain full control over prices for statutory land registry services throughout ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... Brand Bell Direct | Desktop Broker Financial Literacy Campaign of the Year: Netwealth and Banqer - Financial Literacy in Schools Finalists: MLC Corporate Super - Financial Literacy for members Vanguard Australia - Smart Investing Newsletter Wealth Enhancers ...

Netwealth affirms value of financial literacy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Netwealth sponsored financial literacy program Banqer has partnered with 150 schools to deliver financial education to Australian children. Just over a year since the partnership between the platform provider and Banqer began, the program has reached ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... day Australians pay for it with savage cuts. "All the worst of Turnbull's cuts are still in this budget - the cuts to schools, the cuts to hospitals, and the cuts to pensioners. "Every budget is about choices. Yet again, Turnbull has chosen the top end ...

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... industry fund with 93,000 members, the majority (70%) of which are female teachers working in primary and secondary Catholic schools with an average age of about 50. Secondly, ACS is looking at other factors to enhance its lifecycle strategies including ...

Government renews calls for financial literacy support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
... calling on its state and territory counterparts to support the expansion of its national financial literacy program in schools. The Government has invited state and territory governments to participate in a new agreement that would see the ASIC MoneySmart ...

In-house education key to super success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... how they can easily grow their balance over the long term with not a lot of effort on their part," he said. "With more schools incorporating financial literacy into their curriculum, and plenty of valuable online resources like ASIC's MoneySmart, young ...

Soaring education costs require financial plan: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... children in a private school for 13 years incur $61,632 in additional non-tuition costs versus $51,517 in faith-based schools and $48,810 in government school. Private education in Sydney costs $10,731 more than Melbourne ($536,683) and $178,841 more ...

Philanthropy at the heart of planning profession

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... making a huge difference to families in need of assistance. Another initiative that is helping boost financial literacy in schools is the FPA's partnership with Banqer, an online interactive learning tool designed to assist teaching financial literacy ...