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Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... median earnings this could reduce superannuation at retirement by $80,000, according to Mercer. Mercer said the gender pay gap, coupled with the fact that women earn less in incentives and typically take career breaks to care for family, means women ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... year. "The gap in super savings women experience is not due to the choices they make - the main causes are the gender pay gap that sees women earning less than their male counterparts and unpaid time out of the workforce." Blakey said many members will ...

Women to inherit 70% of intergenerational wealth: report

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
The stakes are high when it comes to providing financial advice to women, particularly as they are predicted to inherit the bulk of the intergenerational wealth transfer in the next few decades; yet at the same time, are hampered by lower pay and earnings ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... still not be retiring comfortably by 2055 even when super, pension payments and other savings are combined. "The gender pay gap, sitting at 19%, is a significant problem. Women's lower earnings and disrupted work patterns compound into a much larger ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... has on retirement outcomes for women; causes of the retirement income gap and its potential drivers including the gender pay gap and women's caring responsibilities; whether there are any structural impediments in the superannuation system; and the adequacy ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... is currently a retirement savings gap of over $330 billion for women in Australia. "We need to address the real gender pay gap and superannuation savings gap that begins when women start working, and often gets progressively worse as they take time out ...

Sex discrimination rife: eFinancialCareers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... Asia Pacific George McFerran. The survey also revealed that over three quarters of women (78%) think there is a gender pay gap in the finance industry, a view shared by only 44% of their male colleagues. The survey polled a total of 309 employed finance ...

FINSIA calls on regulators for workplace diversity

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINISA) released its new biannual research on financial services gender pay gap yesterday. FINSIA chief executive, Russell Thomas said this is the second gender balance research FINSIA has undertaken and ...

Long-term fixes for super inequity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... must work to earn what a man made in the previous financial year. According to EPD, 2010 saw an increase in the gender pay gap from 17 per cent in 2009 to 18 per cent. The 2009 pay gap of 17 per cent was estimated to cost the Australian economy $93 b ...