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Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... women earning less than men during their lifetimes. The Senator's comments were made at the recent Sunsuper Women and Money Summit where a panel of female financial advisers gave their views on how to address the gender gap in retirement savings. Education ...

Catholic Super chief addresses climate conference

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
... transition," Pegan said. Last year in his capacity as chair of the IGCC, Pegan addressed world leaders at the UN Climate Summit in New York, calling for bold and consistent policies for global capital markets.

Global divesting institutions reach 500

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... offices and foundations are also in the list, which was made public as world leaders meet in Paris for the UN Climate Change Summit. The latest institution to join the global movement is the University of Massachusetts Foundation, which oversees the ...

Pension funds globally face solvency issues

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... affairs, and special adviser to the secretary-general for financial markets, Adrian Blundell-Wignall. Opening a global pension summit at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Brisbane this morning, Blundell-Wignall ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... and lacks intermediaries," First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner said at the Impact Investment Summit in Sydney. "But many of us are trying to change that, we are trying to introduce the discussion around the board table, to ...

Super tax reform on hold for election

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... progressed in the next term of federal government according to Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. Speaking to the AFR Tax Reform Summit, Bowen said the change in federal government leadership was close to the next election and if any tax reform was to "carry ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... research by AIA Australia. AIA surveyed 105 respondents in the insurance and superannuation industries at its Group Insurance Summit in August and found that roughly 50% found potentially unsustainable premiums to be the sector's biggest concern; a further ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... Australia would be giving just one hoot instead of two to what happens in China in this case. Last week's "National Reform Summit" provided plenty of ideas for the government to spend on - among which, is productivity-enhancing infrastructure. It's a ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it supported open discussion at the National Reform Summit and believes the focus should remain on directing resources where the super system needs improvement. ASFA believes the super ...