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FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... said. "The superannuation guarantee must be increased to 12% sooner rather than later to plug the growing retirement savings gap." Research by Rice Warner and sponsored by the FSC to coincide with the conference, shows an average Australian woman must ...

Industry fund sponsors Oprah tour

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... peers." Whatley added Sunsuper's sponsorship of Oprah's tour is just one part of a broader program to help women close the gap between their super savings and those of male counterparts. The Oprah deal is the latest among several super fund sponsorships ...

Action plans for Indigenous super

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... and Aboriginal people." Sigalas added HESTA members "are at the coalface of the country's commitment to closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians." In developing its RAP, HESTA engaged an Aboriginal consultant to ensure ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia believes the first step in addressing the super gender gap is creating a fairer taxation system. "The reality is, the system as it stands currently is stacked in favour of high income ...

ANZ addressing women's financial futures

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... found full-time female workers are paid on average $295 per week less than men, or $15,000 a year. Over an entire career, this gap extends to around $700,000. It also revealed that women on average earn 18.8% less than men, around 90% retire with inadequate ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... show SMSF assets grew by 10% over the last year, but all other super assets grew by 16%. One of the main drivers behind that gap is that SMSF members are a lot older than the whole population in superannuation," Peker said. "Also it is the under exposure ...

Rice Warner highlights $1.8trn insurance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
There is a $1.8 trillion underinsurance gap in Australia, according to Rice Warner's Underinsurance in Australia report. The report is based on levels of life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection as at June 30, 2014. ...

Aged care advice enquiries skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... shortages and shortfalls in subsidies were driving costs above what many prospective residents could afford. "There's a funding gap there, for what it actually costs a developer or aged care provider to put a facility together. And to pass that cost ...

Van Eck lists first A-shares ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... While China only represents 1.72% of the MSCI World All Countries Index, it is 30% of the world economy. "This is a large gap that is going to be filled first by indices, then by institutional investors," Neiron said. ChinaAMC Hong Kong chief executive ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... financing solutions to long term infrastructure investments," Collins said. There is an estimated infrastructure financing gap of around US$8 trillion in the Asian region over the current decade and the AIIB will be part of the solution. Australia will ...