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Don't gamble with personal insurance: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... a serious illness or suffering injury. In addition, one in two men will develop coronary artery disease and one in four women will be diagnosed with cancer. "And yet, Australians seem happy to spend their money on Lotto, despite there being only a one ...

MDRT shifts staff to meet regional focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... Australia's first female MDRT chairperson is a milestone for MDRT and a reflection of the important and growing role of women in the professional provision of financial services in this country." Angus McQueen will be standing down from his position ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

A small financial services outfit, MASU group, is leading the charge in providing women with education on matters close to the heart and the hip pocket. The three-legged company - with a national network of financial planners, accountants and legal ...

Borrowers in trouble after rate hike

... petrol and bananas. Separate research by multi-manager firm ipac released last month showed that Australians, particularly women, are already feeling the pinch of escalating goods and fuel prices. Now they have to contend with higher mortgage repayments ...

Aussie women feeling the pinch: ipac

The interest rate rise, recent stockmarket correction and high petrol costs have made women in Australia more 'financially insecure' than they were three months ago, according to the latest quarterly ipac Financial Security Index released this week. ...

Gender pay equity in banking getting worse: FSU

Data on the participation of women in the financial services sector, extracted from a range of presentations at a Finance Sector Union symposium on pay equity held in Melbourne this week, shows an industry still out of balance. According to the symposium ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... takeaway food and trashy magazines, with the unusual discovery that men are actually the bigger 'careless spenders' than women. Virgin Money has commissioned Galaxy Research to poll 600 Australians aged 18 to 49 on their spending habits in the company's ...

Boomer Budget bonanza

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2006
... yesterday, some industry experts were releasing bizarre media statements about abolishing contribution taxes but only for women. For the superannuation industry, this Budget is a major strategic coup and should see consumer confidence in super sky rocket. ...

Proposed super cut will widen inequality for women: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2006
IFSA has panned a Government task force's proposal to reduce super contributions, a move that may leave working women and casual employees without any superannuation contributions, contributing to widening inequality. Echoing the message sent by Association ...

ASFA slams proposal to cut super

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2006
... at reducing the regulatory burden on business. ASFA chief executive officer, Philippa Smith, said that under the proposal women and part-time workers would suffer most. "It would be a backwards step, particularly for women who primarily make up the part-time ...