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UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... survey that showed 67% of people say salary is the most important factor of a job advert. It also cited a Fawcett Society study that shows requiring people to divulge their salary history makes them less confident in negotiating pay. According to the ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... Stability Oversight Council must also do the same. Among other things, the order directs the US government to take steps to study and support technology advances in the responsible development of digital assets systems in a way that reduces negative ...

Advisers can help female clients 'break the bias'

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... to allocate to less risky assets, and this may also explain why many women lack confidence when it comes to investing. "A study by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave found that where 84% of women are confident budgeting, only 52% of women feel confident in managing ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... fossil fuel producers as having long-term risk. "I think gender is the next frontier," Hobbs says. In 2019, a quantitative study from S&P Global looking at the Russell 3000 index found that firms with female chief executives or chief financial officers ...

Online investor numbers continue to climb: Investment Trends

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
An in-depth study of the attitudes and preferences of online equities and ETF investors in Australia reveals that the number of online investors significantly increased in the second half of 2021, albeit at a slower pace than the year prior. Investment ...

Women's life choices constrained by money stress: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... fact that women over 55 are now the fastest growing group to experience homelessness in Australia. "Another recent Fidelity study of older Australians shows that women continue to feel less engaged with their finances, with only 10% of pre-retiree women ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... fuel extraction operations or have endured drought or survived wildfires drive by climate change." She also cited a 2019 study that found if the pension funds had divested fossil fuel holdings in 2010, CalSTRS would have netted an additional US$5.5 billion ...

Netwealth tops platform ratings

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... functionality offered to financial advisers by 13 leading investment platforms in Australia, the report provides an in-depth study of investment platforms used by Australia's financial advisers and their clients for 2021.

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows global pension assets in the world's 22 largest markets now sit ...

CFA releases disappointing pass rate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... who have experienced an exam deferral due to the pandemic". "We understand how important it is for candidates to maintain study momentum and to stay on schedule with their exams as far as conditions allow. Our research shows that the longer the gap between ...