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Data demonstrates success of compulsory super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... National Seniors Australia and Challenger, entitled The evolution of retirement income: A 2022 snapshot, said the proportion of women who have accumulated super for their retirement is 82% which sits lower than men's 88%. "More men enjoy a comfortable ...

Super giants, investment firms join Future IM/Pact

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... sign up to the program founded by Yolanda Beattie in 2018. Future IM/Pact is a movement that recruits and fosters young women in Australia's investment sector. The latest members join Australian Retirement Trust, QIC, VFMC and HESTA who already back ...

Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
The latest gender indicators from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the pay gap between men's and women's salaries has persisted, leading to greater super balance disparity. The ABS said the difference in full-time earnings between ...

NGS Super chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
Laura Wright has retired from NGS Super, with an acting chief executive now in charge. Wright's retirement follows 35 years in industry superannuation and 14 years with NGS Super, the last four as chief executive. In the early 1990s, she also served ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... super fund has joined a coalition of 18 organisations to advocate for the measure, saying it could be life-changing for women on lower incomes, of which many of HESTA's members are. Looking at its membership, HESTA said a typical member in early childhood ...

WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
... partner walked away with their individual superannuation account balance - no matter how disproportionate they were - leaving women overwhelmingly disadvantaged. "This often created severe injustices where there were not enough other assets to help make ...

Females, millennials lead the way in SMSFs: Class

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
... number of downsizer contributions being made increased by 6%. There is also a continuing trend of higher participation by women in younger demographics compared to older demographics (50% for under 50s and 40% for over 85s). Overall, the report stated ...

Most retirees want pension support through super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... support from their super fund. Link Group's Retirement Reality: Advice and the Age Pension whitepaper reveals that 74% of women and 67% of men want more support when it comes to the Age Pension and are looking to their super funds for it. It said ...

Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... release of superannuation (ERS) scheme saw the closure or near emptying of almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia illustrates ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... findings showing economic and financial abuse is linked to domestic and family violence. Statistics show that one in four women and one in 13 men have experienced domestic or family violence by an intimate partner. Of those who seek support, 90% are ...