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Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025

... hoping to secure a candidate who could fulfil a full-time role. According to data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), 30% of women work part-time, but only 7% of manager roles are offered on a part-time basis. The WGEA said the data points ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024

... employers must provide equal remuneration to men and women who perform work of equal value. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) calculates the gender pay gap to stand at 19% or $18,461 per annum on a median basis tilted in favour of men. The ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024

... absolutely something that you should investigate," she said. Megginson pointed to the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) data, which shows that the median total remuneration gender pay gap stands at 19% - or $18,461 per annum tilted in favour ...

Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024

... and shareholders and ensure clear accountability." The review comes in the wake of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting Platinum had a median base salary gender pay gap of 41.9% and median total remuneration gap of 41%. Its upper pay ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024

... women." The new policy follows the release of companies' mandatory pay gap reports by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) yesterday. According to the WGEA, TelstraSuper has a median base salary gender pay gap of 11.7% and a gap of 12% when it ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024

... median gender pay gap on base salaries across financial services is 23.6%, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), with individual employer pay gaps reported for the first time as part of the government's strategy to solve the problem ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS | WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024

... simple enough, some experts believe corporates are not prepared for what's to come. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish the first set of private sector employer gender pay gaps on 27 February 2024. This will cover 1 April 2022 ...

Women still underrepresented in asset management roles: FSC

CHLOE WALKER | FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023

... career development as they progress into senior funds management roles. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) latest scorecard, which assessed 4.82 million employees, the remuneration gender gap trended down 1.1% year on year, the ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023

... reporting will change in some markets - as of 2024, companies with more than 100 employees will have to report pay gap data to WGEA in line with similar requirements that already exist in the UK. Gender pay gap levels can highlight a company's level/commitment ...

Gender pay gap trends down: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023

... working in senior management positions - except chief executive roles. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) latest scorecard, which assessed 4.82 million employees, the remuneration gender gap trended down 1.1% year on year ...

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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

mFunds sparked ASX outage, $1m credit issued

KARREN VERGARA

The ASX said the outage from last month largely stemmed from the now-defunct mFunds and will subsequently credit participants $1 million to make amends.

Aussie shares cost 8% more on rebalance days: Dimensional

KARREN VERGARA

Investing in the S&P/ASX 300 on a day it rebalances puts an 8% premium on share prices, a phenomenon that follows major global indices, new research from Dimensional Fund Advisors finds.

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN

Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff.

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