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AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS | FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011

... School of Management launched its inaugural AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in Sydney last night. Tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance- the AFA's Female Excellence in Advice Award (Award) ...

Super policies shortchange women

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011

... of more than 800 Australian women, aged between 50 to 80 years, found fresh evidence of the superannuation savings gender gap. Overall, women just aren't getting enough from their super and have to rely on age pension to supplement their retirement income. ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON | TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011

... have less than $8000 in retirement savings. The AFA said that the award is an important first step in tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance.

New website for women and super

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010

... created a website that seeks to empower and inform women about their super. The aim of the website is to narrow the gender gap when it comes to superannuation savings, following numerous research that shows Australian women have much smaller super balances ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009

... a third are likely to do so over the next three months. On debt and savings behaviour, the research reinforced the gender gap evident in previous research. For example, men are more likely to save than women, possibly due to the salary gap. Around 16 ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009

... expressed her disappointment for the issue not being raised in either the Henry or Harmer reviews. "The issues of the gender gap in retirement savings and women's financial security have remained largely invisible. Our superannuation system has been ...

Contribs tax for women under review

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2008

... super of women at certain stages of their work life fuels further debate on how the government can help narrow the gender gap on retirement savings. Senator Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, told journalists at question time of an ...

Super gender gap narrows

Men still have double the savings in super than women but a new report shows that women are fast catching up. The Association of Superannuation Funds in Australia (ASFA) used data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Survey of Income and Housing ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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