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ACSI targets a third of women on boards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... occupied by women within the next three years. The initiative follows a comparatively strong year for furthering gender equality on boards. Women accounted for a third of all new board appointments made by ASX 200 companies in 2014. This compares to ...

Women-led companies better for investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
The Australian government yesterday released its first Gender Equality Scorecard and while the results are discouraging, a separate international report released by Credit Suisse shows that investors make more money investing in women-lead enterprises. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... Services Council head John Brogden delivers a speech to the Australian Business Economists conference, and Workplace Gender Equality Agency director Helen Conway is to speak at an Australian British Chamber of Commerce lunch, all in Sydney. The CEDA ...

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 ...

Wealth Enhancers appoints investment specialist

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... different way. Wealth Enhancers was founded in 2009 by Sarah Riegelhuth and Finn Kelly and has a focus on improving gender equality in the financial services industry. Seventy percent of the company's workforce is made up of women.

Super funds should use soft power, not quotas to fix gender equality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
Imposed quotas are much less likely to advance the cause of workplace gender equality than super funds exerting their considerable soft power to influence the industry, companies in which they invest and service providers. Helen Conway, director of ...

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
Women's superannuation contribution rates would need to be 7% higher than men's in order to achieve gender equality, a study has found. Research by Michael E Drew and Anup K Basu, entitled 'The Case for Gender-Sensitive Superannuation Plan Design' ...

Super funds need more women in senior roles: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... want to deliver the best results for members we can't afford to ignore half the talent pool." Under the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, companies employing more than 100 people will have to report against a set of standardised gender equality indicators ...

Men's contribution to superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... objectives of International Men's Day include a focus on men's and boy's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive male role models. It is an occasion for men to highlight discrimination against them and ...