RESIDENTS of Chaguanas, along with members of the business community, financial educators and key stakeholders, celebrated the launch of the Investor Education Community Outreach Roadshow Series. The programme, which aims to protect investors and promote financial literacy was held at the Chaguanas Borough Corporation on November 20. Its focus was to make investor education more accessible and relevant by directly engaging with local communities. Kester Guy, CEO of the TT Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in his address at the launch, stressed the initiative's critical role in protecting investors and ensuring the financial market remains fair, transparent and trustworthy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/e8BY5PG7
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Australia is lagging behind its global counterparts on actively implementing strategies to improve financial literacy, with its latest strategy released in 2022 found to be “not currently active.” This highlights the widening gap between Australia and its international peers on national approaches to addressing #financialcapability, as included in the findings of Ecstra Foundation's new report with Social Ventures Australia. Ecstra CEO Caroline Stewart notes that national strategies are complex, long term public policy projects. Given the many drivers of financial capability, the range of players involved and policy intersections, government leadership is critical for setting a clear, unified vision and roadmap. Read more in this article by Yasmine Raso reporting for Financial Newswire ⬇ #financialliteracy #financialinclusion #fintechforgood
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Last week, David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, announced plans for four new funds worth up to £27.5m over four years. These four funds are: 🛍 The Vibrant & Sustainable High Streets Fund, which aims to rejuvenate our region’s high streets and boost resilience and productivity amongst businesses. 🌍 The Carbon Negative Challenge Fund, which will support the development and delivery of projects that can help York and North Yorkshire become England’s first carbon negative region. 💼 The Business Innovation Fund, which will promote good economic growth and support our region to attract new investment and support our businesses to be more innovative and resilient. 🎓 The Skills Innovation Fund, which aims to meet the skills needs our region’s learners and businesses by boosting the support available and tackling key issues which prevent local people from grasping opportunities. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be highlighting the funds further and explaining the challenges they will address and ambitions they will achieve. Keep an eye on our channels for more information. 📖 You can read more about the funds here: https://lnkd.in/eCu_kjyY ✉ If you’re interested in the funds and want to receive updates, such as when applications for them will open, please sign up for our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/exQa6T-B
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Investing in the Future of your Association Join Genae Affrunti and myself, Richard Williamson, for a short Community Associations Institute course in options for safely investing your associations reserve replacement funds. Association members and board leaders should ask themselves: · Do you know where your association's Reserve funds are invested? · Do you know if your association has a 5-year investing and expenditure plan? · Do you know if your association has an investment policy and follows it? Join us Wednesday May 22nd from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM for the CAI Orange County Regional Chapter Education Committee’s Zoom course on “Investing in the Future of your Association.” We will cover the following topics: · The need to invest Reserve funds. · The purpose and importance of investment policy statements. · FDIC Insured accounts versus U.S. Treasury Notes & T-Bills · Allowable or "most commonly used" investments. · Components of different investment types · Tips for finding the right financial consultant for your association. To register, go to: https://lnkd.in/gfEjxDZT
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📣 Attention all Breckland-based business owners! 🌱 Breckland Council’s Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) can help your business to boost productivity, support innovation and enable diversification. 💰 With funding opportunities available for businesses with 12 months trading history, this could take your business from strength to strength. 📝 To learn more and apply, click the link. 🌿 Let’s build a thriving Breckland together! 💪 #BusinessGrowth #ProsperityFund #ThrivingPlaces #SupportLocal #RuralGrowth
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📣 Attention all Breckland-based business owners! 🌱 Breckland Council’s Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) can help your business to boost productivity, support innovation and enable diversification. 💰 With funding opportunities available for businesses with 12 months trading history, this could take your business from strength to strength. 📝 To learn more and apply, click the link in bio. 🌿 Let’s build a thriving Breckland together! 💪 #BusinessGrowth #ProsperityFund #ThrivingPlaces #SupportLocal #RuralGrowth
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📣 Attention all Breckland-based business owners! 🌱 Breckland Council’s Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) can help your business to boost productivity, support innovation and enable diversification. 💰 With funding opportunities available for businesses with 12 months trading history, this could take your business from strength to strength. 📝 To learn more and apply, click the link. 🌿 Let’s build a thriving Breckland together! 💪 #BusinessGrowth #ProsperityFund #ThrivingPlaces #SupportLocal #RuralGrowth
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