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Directors and managers often lack proper internal financial and non-financial reporting. But they generally do not because they lack the financial discipline to know. They assume that “what rolls out of the systems’ will be okay. Moreover, they rely blindly on Fri management tools like the Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Mapping. With increased competition, deregulation, mergers and professionalisation good understanding of performance, margins and costs necessary than ever. Companies and governments have their economic house in order. As financial managers play an important role.

Managers, Directors and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) have many responsibilities, but adequate information with which they are able to see how the organization is financially positioned is often difficult to find. Communication is essential for obtaining effective information – communication between CEO, director or manager on the one hand and financial manager to the other. This requires a management team that has knowledge of the discipline of a financial manager and a financial manager with the directors and managers to communicate. The blind trust managers delivered reports, management models and the finance department is not justified. Three issues play an important role.

Pocket money, your child’s freedom, Saving: It is not always easy to determine how your child can learn best with money to go. How is the situation with your financial parenting skills? Do the financial education test and you know the answer! What is smart? This test allows parents test their parenting skills. The test is for parents of children aged six to eighteen years and allows parents to think about practical things like: ‘your child has a good rapport, you actually reward money? ” and “it is wise to phone your teen to pay? Parents have a situation to see what a clever way of bringing their children to prepare for financial independence.

Liability individuals
In this type of accidents is in legal terms for debt from a tort. Who is legally responsible, depending on the age of the children. But when the injury occurred by accident, the costs covered by private liability insurance. The whole family This insurance is usually closed for the whole family. Then it does not matter who ultimately is responsible. Because the costs can run high on damage, it is necessary to have liability insurance as a family. The cost of an indemnity amount a few dollars per family per month. Check your policy conditions of the liability from which your child (ren) need their own liability insurance.

Apart from debt, tort, the law also by a debt agreement. These are debts incurred by a person buy, borrow or lease. If a minor child into an agreement, parents can undo it in principle. Suppose your daughter on her twelfth decision to a television via the internet to order. That you can safely return to the seller. You do not pay television and delivery. Are they already paid, you can receive a refund. Return costs are, however, at your expense!
Exceptions
It is not uncommon for a minor child such as a CD or magazine buys. This type of purchase you as a parent not be undone. Do you as a parent permission you can not turn back the agreement. Ask your son borrows money for a scooter and you have signed the contract for the loan. Then you sit there on down. Please read the terms of the agreement.
Finally, his parents never liable for a debt that their child from the 18th year makes. That debt is always paid by the person who created the debt.

Set a good example! If you regularly shows you how your financial needs and capabilities against each other, you run greater risk that your children may later.
Learn about financial education? Order the publication Nibud Financial Education? Like this!
In 2007 a study published on Financial Education: Financial Education (pdf).
Money Soap Everything has its price
Teleac Nibud and have a money soap developed for children in grades 7 and 8: Everything has its price. There are three episodes (available online), which is about making choices.
See Everything has its price, or read more about this soap.
Test your skills in the areas of financial education: Do the financial education Test!

On average, children spend more and more. From age six starts with a few dollars, but a 15-year-old will soon € 100, – per month. When choosing where they spend to show they are easily led by advertising. Manufacturers know their advertisements therefore perfectly attuned to children. Thus a child of three in the supermarket very well designate what he wants dessert: with a picture of his hero on it.
Nibud considers it important that children learn to see through advertising. Children must be based on what they like or care about, to decide where to spend their money. You can help your children make choices, by arranging for the advertising to look and talk. Whether your children can discover that the advertising is not always telling the truth. In this way, children learn to distance themselves from the tricks of advertising and advertisers see through.

So the simple proportion of bond investments. It comes in the selection of bonds have a few things look. Bonds also have risks. One of the risks already mentioned: the counterparty risk. If a country or company in trouble, then the rating will be lowered and thus investors demand a higher return on their investment. The price will show a decline. It may even come so far that interest and / or redemption is no longer paid. This is called default. In any bankruptcy bondholders have the liquidation of a business might take precedence over shareholders.

The other risk that investors run with bond investments, the interest rate risk. If market rates rise, it drops the price of the bond on the stock market and vice versa. If interest rates rise investors demand a higher fee for their money and a bond will only be sold at a lower rate.

Bonds are loans to governments and businesses to spend their funding needs. A bond has a maturity and returns periodically, usually annually, an interest payment (coupon) from. The amount of the coupon depends on the market rate at issuance, the maturity of the loan and the creditworthiness of the issuer. The better the credit, the lower the coupon. Almost all bonds for which a credit rating obtained from a rating agency.

The advantage of investing in bonds is to calculate in advance exactly how much the investment returns during the period will show. Periodic payments of the coupon is fixed for the duration and the bond at face value (deposit) paid off. This only applies if the bond is actually the maturity is arrested and the issuer is not intervening in financial trouble.

What do you say when your daughter asks for more pocket money? Or if you see your teenage son prepares to assume his entire budget and no money left for clothes? It can also prevent your child just would rather not spend. How do you cope with that? It’s all part of the financial education.
Why financial education?
Financial education is to teach your kids money to go. This means that they:
With a limited fixed amount over a certain period of learning bridges.
Wishes to match revenues.
Make choices between what is needed and what they would like.
Financial education is important, because from Nibud study on financial behavior of young people has shown that many young people in debt. From that same research shows that young children who have learning how to choose where they spend their money, less often in financial trouble.

As a student you have the financial terms are not always easy, many students are red and monthly and more students have part-time jobs with their free time trying to finance their studies. Student financial gives students information about the finances, this is about loans, loans, scholarships and public transport season ticket information.
In addition, Student Finance financial tips that allow for students to fun things to do besides study and, do not have to cost too much, because let’s face it the life of a student is expensive enough!