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Two in three Aussies support super top-up for carers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
... for Australian Retirement Trust (ART) with a sample size was 1011 adults, the research found support was strong among both women, at 71%, and men, at 58%. Sixty seven percent said support should include super contributions while people are caring, rather ...

TAL names super fund partnership lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2026
TAL has named a new partnership leader who will focus on its collaboration with a super fund, replacing Mel Jose, who left in August to join Netwealth after a two-year stint. Mary Gabriel has joined the life insurer as head of partnership, Aware Super ...

Longevity gap exposes retirement divide

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... difference in life expectancy at age 60 between men in the most and least advantaged socioeconomic profiles examined. For women, the gap was 9.1 years. The analysis used linked, de-identified microdata from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Person ...

FSU calls for universal PPL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
... workplaces, in a new report. The FSU's analysis of PPL uptake found men are now taking PPL at similar or higher rates than women in some parts of the finance sector, thanks to improvements in union negotiated enterprise agreements. FSU said universal ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... performance. Australians will continue to have among the longest life expectancies in the world, projected to be 89.5 years for women and 86.1 years for men by 2065-66. Those aged 65 and over is projected to continue growing, while the 85-plus cohort ...

Australia's alpha female representation regresses: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... 19.4% female managers respectively. Switzerland and Germany are near the bottom of the country table, with just 8% and 7.2% women managers respectively. The study found that after a decade of slow progress in improving female representation in funds ...

ART leads retirement product race, others wrestle with covenant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... don't really exist today, however we certainly have to plan for the future membership, as our fund is predominantly women, and women live longer, a lifetime guaranteed income will become more critical and hopefully affordable," HESTA general manager ...

Mining, property fuel Aussie billionaires' wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... inherit a sizeable share of the US$6.6 trillion of billionaire wealth that will be passed on over the next decade, with women tipped to receive a significant share. This will include more than 1235 female spouses. The current average age of expected ...

SIAA calls for fresh talent amid advice demand

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... career progression models that can be difficult to sustain and informal approaches to client allocation and advancement. Women account for only one in four investment professionals, with representation falling further at senior levels. Lykouras said ...

ASFA welcomes Rest executive to C-suite role

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
... held senior roles at Commonwealth Bank and Colonial First State and is also a member of the national policy committee at Women in Super, a role she has held since November 2019. O'Brien will prioritise third-party vendor mapping work under CPS 230, which ...