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Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... would hardly cover the pace of last year's house price increase. According to APRA, it's not until men get to age 45 and women turn 50 that their average bank account balance hits the $50,000 threshold afforded to buyers in the government's plan. This ...

CEW push for more women leaders

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... services heavyweights, gathered at the International Convention Centre in Sydney this week for the annual Chief Executive Women (CEW) fundraiser. The fundraiser, which was slated last year, had been postponed and rescheduled due to COVID-19 lockdowns ...

75% of Aussies don't understand group cover: MLC Life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... Those aged 18-34 were the least engaged, while those over the age of 65 were most engaged. Men are also more engaged than women, according to the study. On the topic of reforms, MLC Life found that about 60% of super fund members - largely younger members ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... extending paid parental leave to 18 weeks, are important initiatives to help reduce the gender gap in superannuation and enable women to have a comfortable retirement," Active Super chief executive Phil Stockwell said. According to the Association of ...

Cbus hires retirement, product governance leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
The industry fund has promoted within to appoint a head of retirement, while a longstanding Equipsuper executive will take on the role of head of product governance. Cbus has promoted Jon Sedawie, its current head of product, to the newly created role ...

SMSF establishments on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... have not blunted the enthusiasm of Australians for setting up self-managed super funds. The research from AUSIEX found that women and younger generations are driving new account openings, with the first SMSF accounts from Generation Z opened in the last ...

UK regulator introduces diversity rules for listed entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... disclosure of diversity on boards and executive committees. Under the rules, the boards of listed entities must comprise 40% women and at least one of the senior executive positions - chair, chief executive, chief financial officer or senior independent ...

Rest simplifies super splitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... asset in the divorce process," Doyle added. "This was contributing to inequitable retirement outcomes, particularly for women, who are more likely than their male counterparts to take time away from work to care for their children and face a range of ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
Industry Super Australia has said women in their 40s that live in regional Victorian city Bendigo have half the superannuation of men. It's believed this large divergence first expanded when many local women took time out of the workforce to have children. ...

VFMC,CFA Societies combine to attract more women into investing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... female investors. The new partners join as Future IM/Pact expands into the early career segment by nurturing a talent pool of women with two to five years' experience in key feeder roles. These key feeder roles include investment banking, management ...