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Qld planner named Telstra Business Woman finalist

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Olivia Maragna, general manager of Aspire Retire Financial Services, was recognised at this year's Telstra Business Woman of the Year awards in Queensland. The 31 year old planner from Camp Hill was appointed the winner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Super marketing with grunt

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2008
... campaign directed at Gen X and Gen Y members. It's a two-minute black-and-white comedy with a young man personifying a young woman's super fund. Another winner was Host Plus, which won an award for its member annual report. The report was segmented to ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... product marketing after working Hill Samuel Australia and Rothschild Australia Asset Management. She was also the first woman appointed to the consultancy division at McKinsey & Company in Australia. More recently, Gearing was State Super chief executive ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... families are open to the risk of financial hardship if either parent died," Barnes said. "In terms of complexity and time, a woman can gain coverage with Allianz over the phone, or online in a few minutes, without the need for medical tests." Barnes ...

Billionaire bull run

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... according to the latest data from the ABS. The national birth rate is the highest since 1995 with 1.18 babies being born per woman in 2005. There were fertility rate increases in all states with Tasmania reaching the replacement level of 2.1 babies per ...

A man is not a financial plan: MASU

... medical practitioners but has since expanded its program to Generation Y and women. MASU consultant, Linda Coates, is the woman behind the August and October programs called 'A Man is NOT a Financial Plan: Financially Savvy Women Education Seminar' ...

Single women a rising force in residential property

... respondents felt that real estate agents paid more attention to their partner. "While most homes are bought by a couple, a woman obviously has enormous clout in the decision," said Ellis. "To treat them differently in any way is not only discriminatory ...

Tax aside, agribusiness still "worth a look"

... looking at", according to head of retail investment consulting, Rashmi Mehrotra. "As an income stream, for example for a woman trying to build up an independent income should she take time off work for children, it can be very good," said Mehrotra who ...

Life expectancy jumps 6 years in just two decades: ABS

... retirees, if you make it to age 65, the ABS expects you to survive another 18 Christmases if are a man, but if you are a woman they expect you to be around for 21 more. The sting in the tail though is that the longer you survive the longer you are expected ...