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A third of Australians expect major shortfall in retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... major illness or unemployment in their retirement plans, with only 8.5% having a well-considered plan for major setbacks. Women are the biggest worriers when it comes to superannuation and having inadequate funds for retirement. As many as 36% of women ...

No silver bullet for gender equity in super: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
A combination of measures are needed to close the superannuation savings gap between men and women, according to Women in Super chair and president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president Cate Wood. Speaking at the Women's Super ...

Retail investors turn to media for financial advice: GSAM survey

HARRY PAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... businesses in Australia" so financial advisers will not become redundant. The survey also showed that a higher number of women than men had a financial adviser. 46% of women had a financial adviser compared to 37% for men.

Wealth Enhancers appoints investment specialist

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... on improving gender equality in the financial services industry. Seventy percent of the company's workforce is made up of women.

Women hedgies outperform but overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Men still heavily dominate the boards of superannuation funds, with just one fifth of trustee positions being held by women, according to statistics released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). The APRA statistics reveal that the ...

Expected retirement age slowly going up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics Retirement Intentions survey report. Men retired on average at age 59 and women at age 50, they added. But while this appears to point to how the policy push for later retirement may be doomed, it may simply ...

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... high expectations of us. Our submission shows that ASIC has done much to be proud of. We have an excellent staff, men and women who work here for good reason - that is because they believe in the public interest." Medcraft backed up his claims with statistics ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super outlined their objections to the repeal of the LISC at a public hearing relating to the Minerals Resource Rental Tax ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013