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Australians undecided about higher super for women

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... big the gender imbalance was when it came to super, with only 18% correctly reflecting ASFA data* that showed the average woman would retire with a balance of around only half that of her male peers. "Many respondents were also wrong about working women ...

Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... while employees are on parental leave," Adams said. The report shows the current average time out of the workforce for a woman caring for children is five years. Based on median earnings this could reduce superannuation at retirement by $80,000, according ...

More must be done to cut fees: FSC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... 0.85% if the minimum size of a superannuation fund was $20 billion. Rice Warner calculated that the average 20 year old woman who is a member of a small, inefficient fund managing less than $1 billion could be $55 000 better off at retirement if their ...

Highest paid industry CEOs revealed

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... reported. She was followed by Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore, who was paid $11.4 million. Kelly is the only woman in the list, but the fact that she stepped down from her role and was replaced by Brian Hartzer means that there are currently ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... savings gap." Research by Rice Warner and sponsored by the FSC to coincide with the conference, shows an average Australian woman must contribute 18% of her income to super from the time she enters the workforce to achieve an adequate, self-funded retirement ...

QSuper seeks new CEO, Vilgan departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... overseen growth in member accounts from about $13 billion to $90 billion. In 2013 she was awarded Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. "I believe now is the time to move on and allow a new CEO to take QSuper to the next stage," Vilgan said ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... "game of chicken" players would do whatever it takes to avoid a fatal collision. German Chancellor and the most powerful woman in the world, Angela Merkel, confirmed it only yesterday when she told the world that, "Where there's a will, there's a way. ...

Who's scared of Grexit or lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... President Valdis Dombrovskis' comment to the contrary. Never mind too, the kingdom of Angela Merkel - Forbes' most powerful woman on the planet - and Greece's biggest creditor said it isn't so. As the Wall Street Journal reports: ""...we haven't gotten ...

PROFILE: PGI chief executive Grant Forster

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... admits, and adds: "the fact that I had difficult clients straight away toughened me up." Around that time, Forster met the woman that would become his wife and in 1990, after two years in the United Kingdom, the couple decided to go back to Australia ...

Adviser wins Masters course

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Planning, won the course by entering the Stella Network's one-year anniversary competition asking entrants how they supported a woman in financial planning industry in the past year. She was recognised "for her focus on quality and sustainability and ...