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Gender lens approach wins: Steed

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... key to realising outperformance, according to Melior Investment Management's Lucy Steed. Speaking at KPMG's International Women's Day event in Sydney yesterday, Steed said her view is backed by a growing catalogue of research. "At Melior, we aim to achieve ...

ETFs gaining popularity with female investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
Women now make up 42% of Betashares' investor registrar, up 37% from 2021. Sharing new data in honour of International Women's Day, Betashares said the most popular of its products held by women are the NASDAQ 100 (NDQ), the Global Sustainability Leaders ...

Claimants tend to be younger women: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
New life insurance research shows that women who make cancer-related claims tend to be younger than men. A MetLife study found that females making cancer-related claims in the areas of death, income protection, terminal illness, TPD and trauma are younger ...

AFA celebrates 10 years of Inspire

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... community will continue on following the merger with the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Marking International Women's Day, Inspire NSW chair Amie Baker shared that the Inspire community got her through some difficult times in her career. ...

Gender super balance parity four decades away: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... according to new analysis by Industry Super Australia (ISA). ISA's report states that in all states and territories down under, women's super balances lags behind men, with the gender rift widest in Western Australia at 34%. Western Australian women ...

In need of repair: Gender stereotypes and advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... large European bank in 2021, Tabea Bucher-Koenen, Andreas Hackethal, Johannes Koenen, and Christine Laudenbach found that women bore the brunt of inequitable advice. The advisers tended to be more self-serving after advising females, they found, meaning ...

Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... on gender pay gap in the country and it's hurting the economy. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) found that women who work in financial services and insurance earn 19.1% less than men in their industry, which is higher than the national ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
Women-led MySuper products have outperformed on average by a consistent 0.3% per annum over three, five and 10 years, new analysis shows. Rainmaker Information looked at the performance of 18 women-led MySuper products, being those with women in senior ...

Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... million per year. The government's objective of superannuation and the accompanying discussion paper that fails to mention women despite aiming to ensure the system is "equitable" has once again shone light on the super gender gap. The Labor Party ...

Poor financial literacy worsens underinsurance problem

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
Australia's poor level of financial literacy is potentially making the underinsurance problem worse and puts women further behind, according to MetLife. The life insurer looked at the impact of financial literacy on Australians' financial health ...