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Slight lift in women presence on boards: ACSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... listed companies still underperform the benchmark. An additional 12 companies met the ACSI benchmark of at least two women on their board in 2013. At this rate it would take until 2024 to achieve the ACSI benchmark for all ASX200 companies. However ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... slowly catching up the ratio of women trustees of not-for-profit super funds. This ratio however matches the proportion of women on European and US company boards, according to reports from the Bloomberg and Forbes news services. As low as these proportions ...

Funding for women on super boards a union hand out: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... supported at Friday's launch by the Financial Services Council - is aimed at any super fund looking to increase the number of women on its board, said AIST. Mentoring, training and networking opportunities will be offered through the program, which has ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
The chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Fiona Reynolds has called upon super funds to appoint more female directors in a bid for greater gender diversity and equality. The peak body for Australia's $500 billion ...

Women in Super scholarships available now

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... the successful applicants to attend a choice of a Professional Development Skills Program two day workshop or half day Women on Boards workshop. The scholarship is designed to enhance opportunities for members at different stages of their career from ...

AIST working to improve board gender imbalance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, in partnership with Women in Super, has kicked off its one day 'Women on super boards program' workshop in Melbourne today. The workshop is developed for women who are interested in learning about ...

Super funds still shunning women trustees

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... far better than among directors of listed companies where only 10% are women, according to research published by the Women on Boards mentoring network. Rainmaker found public sector super funds to have the highest proportion of women trustees at 29% ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... investment income. "Retirement is seriously expensive," said Cooper. He said a good example of how this plays out is that women on average have a 70% chance they'll run out of money before the end of their life. Cooper said a major flaw in most super ...

Women in Super scholarship winners announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... (WIS) named its five winners who will attend a 'Getting Started: Realising your Board Potential' half day workshop run by Women on Boards. During this workshop, the winners will learn how to make themselves 'board-ready' along with advice on career development ...

Mentoring opportunity for women in finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... finance. The program is designed to help attract more women to the industry and tackle issues surrounding the shortage of women on company boards and in senior roles. Women in Finance (WIF) has created the mentoring program in partnership with Auctor ...