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AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... of female financial advisers is particularly important in the mission to increase the number of individuals, particularly women, who seek advice to gain appropriate superannuation savings, insurance and overall financial well-being," Fox said. The winners ...

Women in Super NSW scholarship winners named

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Women in Super chair Keri Pratt has announced the winners of its fourth annual NSW scholarship programme. The scholarships were awarded to Perennial Value Management senior manager of institutional business Camilla Love, Christian Super senior investment ...

HESTA CEO to depart fund

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... benefits which are relevant to the needs of people in the health and community services sector, the vast majority of them women, and leaves the fund in a very strong position for the next stage of its development. On behalf of the Board, staff and members ...

NGS appointment brings gender equality to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
NGS Super has appointed former school principal Georgina Smith to the board of trustees, bringing percentage of women on its board to 50%. Smith has worked in education for 35 years, with roles as assistant director, principal consultant, school principal ...

No drama at the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The nine distinguished men and women that comprise the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets today to deliberate on monetary policy settings apropos (wooh-hoo, big word) for Australia given current domestic and international dynamics. Pardon ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... 91; 20% are expected to live to 94; and 5% will live to 99 years - well above the average life expectancy of 84.1 for men. Women can expect even longer lives with 50% of female white collar workers likely to live to 91 years; 35% likely to make it to ...

Giving through PAFs back to pre-crisis level

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... continues to rise, with new gifts also creating or enhancing substantial foundations and cause-specific endowments. More women give and give a higher percentage of income at all ages up to 75 compared to men (37.2% versus 34.2%). New South Wales residents ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... 82 years old, and 70% of people in residential care receive high level care. Statistics show that 60% of men and 75% of women aged 65 will experience a disability severe enough to require long term care. However, aged care services in Australia are often ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... $37,000, up to $500 a year is injected into the super accounts of a third of Australian workers - including half of all working women. "Abolishing the LISC would have a huge impact on the super accounts of working mums, many of whom are already behind ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... decided to "go to war" with Lis-Con. He said that CFMEU NSW secretary Brian Parker had told him he'd arranged for a "couple of women down in Melbourne" who worked for Cbus to give him "secret information" about Lis-Con employees, including names, addresses ...