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AFA unveils Female Excellence in Advice Finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... significant challenges when trying to grow and protect their wealth and many feel more comfortable seeking advice from another woman." The winner of the 2013 Award will be announced at the AFA National Conference on the Gold Coast on October 15, 2013 ...

The budget and the ceiling - never again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013

Women need 7% more super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... 'The Case for Gender-Sensitive Superannuation Plan Design', has found that to ensure the super balance at retirement of a woman who works all her life without a break would be equal that of an equivalent male she would need her contributions to be raised ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... are terminally ill, so we have to deal with it as we can," he said. O'Leary is currently addressing the case of a single woman with breast cancer who has four children and a partner in jail for a serious crime. "We are looking at everything, from lost ...

Women without kids still at super disadvantage

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... work full time their entire working lives, their retirement savings will still be 9% less than those of men. Meanwhile, a woman who works in retail all her life, raises two children and cares for elderly parents will end up with half the retirements ...

Terminally ill woman questions superannuation early release laws

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
A Queensland woman diagnosed with terminal cancer has said she will have to sell her home after she found that she could not access her superannuation. Last week the Fraser Coast Chronicle reported that 40-year-old mother Donna Penny had been given ...

Women don't trust financial advisers: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... financial adviser," Russell said. "At this stage of the research we don't know if it is relevant, but her planner was also a woman and she had asked about what the client wanted before talking about the actual products." The research is in the initial ...

Slight lift in women presence on boards: ACSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... the ACSI benchmark for all ASX200 companies. However, for the first time, all ASX50 companies currently have at least a woman on the board. The survey shows that only 4 % of board chairs are women and 4 % of CEOs are women. Put another way, men hold ...

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... on the issue of board diversity overall," he said. Nonetheless, ACSI noted that all ASX50 companies now have at least one woman on the board and 16% of all company directors are women, a figure that is slowly catching up the ratio of women trustees of ...

Financial service execs earn big bucks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... with a total salary including bonuses of $9.67 million. Westpac's Gail Kelly is just behind and easily the highest paid woman on the list. Despite a disappointing annual result, National Australia Bank's Cameron Clyne actually saw his pay increase from ...