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Mentoring opportunity for women in finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
A mentoring program has been launched for women working in finance. The program is designed to help attract more women to the industry and tackle issues surrounding the shortage of women on company boards and in senior roles. Women in Finance (WIF) ...

Labor moves to justify super existence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... concessions fairer for 3.5 million low income workers, boosting their savings by $830 million per annum in 2012-2013, with women in particular benefiting. In response, the opposition said that Shorten had again failed to convince on the need for an increase ...

Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... the same proportion using desktop computers. Sixty per cent use laptops. Interestingly, tablets are used by 6 per cent of women, but only one per cent of men. Three per cent of retirees use tablets, a higher usage rate that Gen-Y and Gen-Z. Australians ...

Dropping home ownership rates leave retirement funding hole

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... scenario. REST's 1.9 million members are predominantly part-time, casual and shift workers in the retail sector, many of them women, putting them at the highest risk of retiring without their own home. Hill said increasing the super guarantee from 9 ...

Diversified pension policy is best: OECD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... increasing statutory pension ages or will do so in coming decades. Pension eligibility ages for men currently average 63 and, for women, 62. These will increase to nearly 65 by 2050 for both sexes on current plans," noted the report. But life expectancy ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... sponsors. Ian said the funds will go towards providing Bachelor of Education degrees to young East Timorese, particularly women. This year, eMerge is scoping out the possibility of funding 'barefoot nursing', a one-year study for those who might not ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... life insurance- the AFA's Female Excellence in Advice Award (Award) is designed to promote financial advice as a career for women by applauding the industry's female achievers. "I am encouraged to see initiatives such as the Female Excellence in Advice ...

Talent shortage needs attention

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... find the talent they need, so now it is a question of whether they will create and environment and a role that encourages women to work in financial services," said McFerran. "That will help ease the talent crunch." McFerran suggests companies that want ...

Insurance puts a price on housework

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... Suncorp subsidiary, Million Dollar Woman, created Day-to-Day Living Expenses Cover after research found that some 2.1 million women in Australia work unpaid in a domestic environment with little or no financial protection should they be unable to complete ...

Board seats open for Women in Super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
Women in Super (WIS) continues its push for better representation of women on executive boards, particularly super funds, through a new scholarship program. NSW WIS will fund the attendance of up to four NSW WIS members to a 'Women on Boards' Workshop ...