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Long-term fixes for super inequity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... announcement follows the recent annual Equal Pay Day intiative, held on September 4, which marks the point into a year that a woman must work to earn what a man made in the previous financial year. According to EPD, 2010 saw an increase in the gender ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... licence. "MySuper is not just about super for the 'disengaged'. Arguably it will also deliver super for the 'thinking' man or woman who values the certainty of knowing that their retirement nest egg is being managed properly and protected from rip-off ...

Westpac gives employees 12 months super pay

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... accumulate much less retirement savings than men. Research conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries found the average Australian woman would have $91,400 or 35 per cent less than a man in their superannuation savings if they have children.The research found ...

Savings up, but not enough

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... gender. Men are better savers than women, noted the report -- they save around $620 per year compared to $150 for a typical woman. Higher average incomes and compulsory super savings for men in their 30s to 50s would see them save $2,000 a year more ...

Magill joins Matrix

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2010
... services. Her repertoire of achievements include being awarded a Paul Harris Fellow, 2000 Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year, 2006 SA Great Business Person of the Year and 2006 EOWA National Finalist - Diversity Leader for the Advancement ...

IFSA calls for super in parental leave

IFSA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... accumulate much less retirement savings than men. Research conducted by Rice Warner Actuaries found the average Australian woman would have $91,400 or 35 per cent less than a man in their superannuation savings if they have children. The research found ...

Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... Rainmaker noted that the relatively high female trustee ratio distorts their true representation as the average board has on one woman though 40 of the top 100 industry and government super funds have more two or more women trustees. Industry fund HESTA ...

Men behaving womanly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... listen to their counsel," he said. "Take prostrate examination. Forty years ago, it would not have occurred to a 50-something woman to tell her husband to get an exam, and that's what a modern woman today would do." This greater sway towards health decisions ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
Eva Cox, a woman's rights advocate and social activist, said super should not be compulsory for all Australians - and lambasted the industry for failing to meet the savings needs of the wider Australian public. Debating on whether SG should be raised ...

The invisible issue in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Australian Human Rights Commission, said women are unfairly deprived of decent superannuation savings because the average woman does not work as long as the average man during the course of their lifetime. She said linking superannuation benefits exclusively ...