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Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... to women's success in the sector that were identified in 2018 are still in place. This includes the average gender pay gap, which has stagnated, moving just 0.3 percentage points from 23% in 2021-22 to 22.7% in 2022-23. In all other industries, it's ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... initiative is expected to cost up to $46 million over the next four years with the aim to help close the gender superannuation gap and improve women's economic security in retirement. This comes after the Albanese government announced last week it ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... while men's balances increased by a whopping 88%. Saxo head of FX strategy Charu Chanana said: "The gender investment gap is real. Why are women not investing as much? I would say a sheer lack of confidence - it's (about) how women relate with ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... retirement, but there are overlooked yet effective strategies they can undertake to help conquer the obstinate gender superannuation gap. A new survey from Finder reveals that the cost-of-living crisis has aggravated women's long-term wealth as two-thirds ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... paid parental leave will help our members add much-needed dollars to their retirement accounts, narrowing the gender super gap and making Australia's super system fairer," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. Women in Super has also long advocated ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... on the present rate of PPL of $882.75. While the impact may be small, it will go some way towards closing the gender super gap. Currently, women retire with as much as 25% less in super. The median balance for those aged 60 to 64 is $211,996 for males ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... interview. It found that while 22% of men have savings of less than a month, the same is true for 35% of women, demonstrating a 59% gap. Overall, the research said that 46% of all Australians have an income buffer of three months or fewer. "While 19% ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... Colonial First State. That's the key finding from the institution's consumer research, which showed a 13-percentage point gap compared to the 31% of men who feel the same. The research found 25% of women feel 'extremely unprepared', compared to 15% of ...

Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... review comes in the wake of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting Platinum had a median base salary gender pay gap of 41.9% and median total remuneration gap of 41%. Its upper pay quartile is just 14% female. The fund manager will also ...