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AFA names Female Excellence in Advice finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... consider financial advice as a career, to champion those who excel at it and to take the first step in tackling the gender gap that exists in the industry. This year's finalists include Anne Graham, McPhail HLG Financial Planning; Catherine Robson, Affinity ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... transfer talent upwards, meeting diversity targets that way rather than simply enforcing quotas at a higher level. The gender gap in superannuation was also an area of great concern for the table, with Melissa Fuller, deputy chief executive of RiceWarner ...

Female SMSF trustees narrow gender gap

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
Nearly half of all SMSF members are women, which is helping to reduce the gender gap in retirement savings according to Australia's peak SMSF body. Pointing to recently released figures from the tax office that reveal 46% of SMSF trustees are female ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
... discussed positive developments concerning equal pay for women and the importance of the super industry to close the gender gap in retirement savings.

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance- the AFA's Female Excellence in Advice Award (Award) ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... of more than 800 Australian women, aged between 50 to 80 years, found fresh evidence of the superannuation savings gender gap. Overall, women just aren't getting enough from their super and have to rely on age pension to supplement their retirement income. ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... have less than $8000 in retirement savings. The AFA said that the award is an important first step in tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance.

New website for women and super

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... created a website that seeks to empower and inform women about their super. The aim of the website is to narrow the gender gap when it comes to superannuation savings, following numerous research that shows Australian women have much smaller super balances ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... a third are likely to do so over the next three months. On debt and savings behaviour, the research reinforced the gender gap evident in previous research. For example, men are more likely to save than women, possibly due to the salary gap. Around 16 ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... expressed her disappointment for the issue not being raised in either the Henry or Harmer reviews. "The issues of the gender gap in retirement savings and women's financial security have remained largely invisible. Our superannuation system has been ...