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Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... egg for retirement. The task takes only a few minutes, but it can mean thousands or tens of thousands more dollars in your super upon retirement." Vanguard Australia head of financial adviser services Rachel White, who spoke on Morningstar's International ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... about $7000 to their nest egg per period of parental leave taken. It's a measure that has long been advocated for by the super industry and unions, given the impact it can have on a woman's super balance in retirement. In responding to the government's ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% superannuation contributions will be made by the government alongside parental leave ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... investment option bested competitors for the year ending 31 January 2024. According to Rainmaker Information, the Vanguard Super SaveSmart - Lifecycle Age 47 and under investment option posted an 11.8% return for the period ending January 31. This comes ...

ASIC cracks down on scammers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... who endorse and link to online investment trading platform scams. These fraudulent schemes are commonly found on social media. According to Scamwatch, Australians reported losing more than $8 million to online investment trading platform scams, with ...

Nominations open for 30th annual MAX Awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... Consumer Print Campaign of the Year - Trade Public Relation Agency of the Year Rising Star of the Year- Distribution Social Media Campaign of the Year Video Campaign of the Year Website of the Year In 2023, some 115 finalists were celebrated. Some of ...

Vanguard Super hits $1bn, soft launches pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
Vanguard Super has amassed $1 billion in funds under management in just over 12 months, while delivering the best-performing Lifecycle MySuper option of 2023 and quietly rolling out a retirement offering at half the cost of the incumbents'. Speaking ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
The superannuation fund is working to close the gender super gap among its employees, now paying the full-time Superannuation Guarantee to staff who return from parental leave on a part-time basis. As it stands, TelstraSuper offers 16 weeks' paid parental ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... generous. About 67% of lower paying roles are held by women, while just 32% of the highest paying roles are. Finally, Aware Super has a median base salary gender pay gap of 21.3% and median total remuneration gap of 23.6%. Once again, the lower pay quartile ...

ASIC vigilant on bad SMSF advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on 17 others so far in the 2024 financial year. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2024 SMSF Association National Conference.