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HESTA to support young women in financial services

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
The $64 billion industry fund has partnered with Girls of Impact to encourage young women to consider careers in financial services where women are historically underrepresented. The collaboration will highlight opportunities and pathways in areas that ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... higher maths participation in school will be far reaching," the paper said. "Participation in higher maths study is lower for girls than boys and performance in mathematics is lower in low socioeconomic (SES) communities than high SES communities. Hence ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
"It's raining men! Hallelujah! It's raining men!" -The Weather Girls Australian 'men' (and women) at work' that is. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS): "Employment increased by 115,000 people in May, following the 31,000 ...

Asset managers want action on modern-day slavery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... coalition estimates over 40 million people globally are victims of modern-day slavery, the majority (71%) of which are women and girls. More than 60% of victims live in the Asia Pacific. "As investors, we see modern slavery, human trafficking and labour ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... the easing of restrictions and the reopening of businesses. But along comes what comedian Ross Noble calls 'the Spice Girls paradigm' - "Everyone's trying really hard, but Victoria's ruining it!" And like Posh Spice, Victoria - the state ...

Business leaders recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... recognised for her distinguished service to the community through business and advisory roles, to the advancement of women and girls, and to charitable initiatives. Grady has been an independent non-executive director for a range of public, private and ...

Old boys, girls clubs dominate boards

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... institutions." WOB said risk aversion, low remuneration for recruiters, lack of professionalism and the prevalence of 'old boys and girls clubs' were key issues causing this dissatisfaction with the recruitment process. Braund said the major reason for ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... cinemas (58%) and buying sweets and lollies (55%). Spending money on sports (14%) and books (21%) was the least popular. Girls were more likely to spend money shopping for clothes (54%) than boys (39%), while boys (36%) were more likely than girls (21%) ...

New ETF to combat gender inequity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... connecting capital to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 5 - achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls," she said. Research recently conducted by UBS Wealth Management's chief investment office found companies where women ...