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Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... decrease in the 'super gender gap' that occurs during a year taken off work. "This is a major win for Australian women who take time out of the paid workforce to have and raise children," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "While compulsory ...

Average super balance grows to $172k: ATO

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... balance grew 5% to $172,000 at the end of the 2023 financial year, new statistics from the Australian Taxation Office reveal. Women had an average super balance of $154,641, while men had $192,119. The median was $54,349 and $68,568 respectively. Men ...

Bombora Advice appoints new chair, managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... consumer access to quality advice, he is committed to financial services diversity, including greater representation of women in advice and pro bono financial services for people facing hardship. McConville said he was delighted to take on the new role. ...

Super Fierce goes into liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... hope of tackling the gender wealth gap. The platform primarily compared superannuation products with the aim of ensuring women retire with more. Super Fierce collated super information, running the numbers through its proprietary calculator and comparing ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

Wealth groups tap operations leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... built and led the team that has been the driving force behind this growth." Tang, who is a director of the NSW chapter of Women In Super, previously worked in various businesses at Macquarie Group.

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... previously worked at AMP as a director of operations and served on its board. Also an AOM recipient, current Chief Executive Women president Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is also chair of the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council (NHSAC). She is a ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... of participants feel confident about managing their finances. Confidence was lowest amongst those aged 46-60 (29%), with women less likely to describe themselves as financially confident compared to men (29% compared to 39%). Struggling mortgage holders ...

Super tax debate suffocates action for low-income Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO). Cbus research said the current income threshold is leaving young tradies, apprentices, and women in construction, without support that would give their retirement savings a boost. Cbus said the number of its members ...

CSC, Future Fund, RBA pay data released

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... and 22% for the median base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. The data showed that women make up 60% of the lower quartile of paid positions, and only 34% of the upper quartile. The RBA recorded a gender pay gap of ...