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Future Generation appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... group's assets can be donated to non-profits that support youth at risk, youth mental health, and economic equality for women. Shareholders can choose which social impact partners or other not-for-profit organisations will receive the investment. ...

Most retirees who rent live in poverty: Grattan Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
Most retirees who rent live in poverty, including more than three in four single women, and this problem is set to get worse, according to a Grattan Institute report. While the Age Pension provides an adequate, albeit modest income in retirement for ...

Almost half of HESTA members retire involuntarily

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
... approach to retirement and an enhanced focus on data, analytics and modelling to better understand members' needs. Blakey said women often have lower lifetime earnings and smaller superannuation balances due to part-time work or career breaks to raise ...

Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... the government consider ways to help others engaged in unpaid caring work reach fairer financial outcomes at retirement. "Women are disproportionately impacted financially at retirement due to periods of unpaid caring working. We've made significant ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Financial services firms are pushing to hire more women, with only 36% of roles currently held by women in the sector, according to new data from Robert Walters. But while they want more women in their ranks, a spokesperson for Robert Walters said one ...

Government bolsters funding for payday super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... amounting to over $5 billion in lost retirements savings - which notably, disproportionately affects lower-income earners, women, and casual workers. Payday super would lead to almost nine million Australians receiving their super contributions more ...

Chalmers unveils new-look RBA boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... governance board as deputy chair and member, respectively. "This means the majority of positions on both boards will be held by women," Chalmers said. "These appointments will ensure continuity on both boards, consistent with the preference of the RBA ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... Australians were shortchanged out of $5.1 billion in superannuation entitlements in 2021-22. The average affected worker - mostly women, people in insecure work, migrants, and younger workers - lost $1800 in super, which could result in $30,000 less ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... rising exponentially in our community. No one wants this to be their story," she said. Men are nearly 60% more likely than women to be permanently disabled due to mental health conditions, a disparity the report suggests may be linked to behavioral differences ...

New investment fund to drive gender equality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Future Generation has launched a first-of-its-kind investment fund, dubbed Future Generation Women, investing in companies with prominent gender-diverse leadership, equitable pay, and policies that support the advancement of women. Minderoo has committed ...