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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," ...

Finalists announced in 2022 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... the important role these sectors play in educating the public and creating change, including increasing the financial literacy of consumers. This year, the awards feature 105 finalists across 21 categories including Agency Campaign of the Year, Agency ...

Regulators fret over hobby traders

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... the upside, the regulators are still concerned that those participating in retail trading may not have enough financial literacy to properly assess the risk inherent in the investments they are making. They are also concerned certain trading patterns ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... budget adviser, an investment specialist, and an education partner - all essential components to improving financial literacy and empowering women to make financial decisions," Conte said.