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Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... executive Martin Fahy said it is important to take steps to close the gap, to ensure women are not condemned to experience poverty and even homelessness in retirement. Non-profit group Homelessness Australia has identified older single women as one of ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... the company believes access to safe water is a fundamental human right, and that infrastructure is a means to support poverty reduction and increase the standard of living. "This is why we are committed to our long-term partnership with WaterAid to fund ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... said the paper adopted a "fatalistic view" of the future earnings of women and low paid workers and "condemned" them to poverty in retirement at an early age. "This paper adopts a set-and-forget view of class and income inequality. Proposals to fix the ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... the clothing industry, where the people - mainly women - making clothes for household Australian brands are often paid poverty wages, Szoke said. Some of the highest paid chief executives in Australia's clothing retail sector earn about $6 million a ...

RARE partners with WaterAid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... the company believes access to safe water is a fundamental human right, and that infrastructure is a means to support poverty reduction and increase the standard of living. "This is why we are committed to our long-term partnership with WaterAid to fund ...

Iron ore's ups and downs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... the Communist Party of China's (18 - 24 October 2017) goal of building a "moderately prosperous society", eradicating poverty by 2021 and becoming a developed nation by 2049.

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... positive social and development outcomes for poor communities in the Asia-Pacific to promote economic growth and reduce poverty. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a ...

Super lump sums increase poverty risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... prevalence of Australians receiving superannuation payments as a lump sum is exacerbating the risk of retirees falling into poverty, a global study shows. Three out of 10 Australian retirees over 75-years-old are income-poor, and living on less than ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... ago upon his succession to power in 2012. This would entail building a "moderately prosperous society" and eradicating poverty by 2021 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the communist party and for China to become a developed nation ...

Standard Life launches impact fund, appoints managers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... of the capital market to change the world for the better. The world faces numerous challenges, from climate change and poverty, to inequality and pollution," Aberdeen Standard global head of stewardship and ESG investment Euan Stirling said. "As asset ...