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Elana Rubin appointed MLC director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
... that she had occupied since 2007. She is currently a director of Mirvac Group and PPB Advisory, a member of Chief Executive Women, of the Federal Government's Infrastructure Australia Council and of the Climate Change Authority. Rubin is also fellow ...

AIST restructures policy department with key appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... sustainability of the super system. As a result of her appointment to AIST, Volpato forfeits her scholarship place in the IST/Women in Super Springboard program and her participation in the trustee educational program will now be directly funded by AIST ...

Abbott super cut to affect low income Australians: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... earning up to $37,000 a year and according to 2010-11 figures released today, 2.2 million or 60% of low income earners are women. "We know that deep down Tony Abbott believes superannuation is a 'con job' but this is a cutback of around $4 billion that ...

Women in Banking and Finance hunt for CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
Advocacy group Women in Banking and Finance (WiBF) has started the search for its first chief executive. The not-for-profit group for professional women in the financial services and related industries is looking for someone to build a sponsorship program ...

Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... in January. And yes, flip Australia's 5.6% unemployment rate and you'll find that there are still 94.4% working men and women supporting this economy.

SelfWealth provides socially responsible portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... portfolios against each other, has partnered with Infinitas Asset Management and will provide a socially responsible and a women-friendly portfolio to its community. SelfWealth users can now choose two of the nine portfolios available and follow them ...

AFA launches initiative to connect women in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched an initiative to provide a network and a professional community for women across the full spectrum of the financial advice industry. The 'Inspire' initiative is addressed not only at financial planners ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... after all the brouhaha about the leadership spill, the ALP's left with nothing but the haha. It made me a firm believer in women's intuition though. After all the brouhaha, the majority of the caucus didn't desert Julia Gillard. Haha. Even KRudd deserted ...

Only 7% of fund members switched options during GFC: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... superannuation. "Older, wealthier members were more likely to make investment changes during the GFC, with a gender effect [women with high balances] also evident during the GFC," Dr Gerrans noted. While the result is counterintuitive given the media ...

Women in Super raises $14.8m for cancer research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2013
Advocacy group Women in Super raised $14.8 million to breast cancer research through its annual event "Women in Super Mother's Day Classic", the organisation announced yesterday. This year the event will be held on May 12 in all capital cities and regional ...