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Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022

... platform also comprises a charitable initiative, Fierce Impact, established to address issues women face such as homelessness and violence and harassment. For every person who switches funds through Super Fierce, $100 is donated to Fierce Impact. Super ...

Women's life choices constrained by money stress: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022

... financial independence is already evident in the 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 ...

Australia improves super system quality

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021

... lead to further improvement. In Australia, where the Age Pension is a safety net, older women are at greater risk of homelessness and poverty, she said, adding that specific measures to level the retirement outcome gender gap will require concerted effort ...

Actuary of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021

... focuses on using data and complex analysis to improve public policy outcomes including intergenerational equity, homelessness, children who are in out-of home-care, suicide prevention initiatives and the investment approach to welfare spending and public ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021

... inequity now and for generations to come." In Australia, approximately 400,000 women over the age of 45 are at risk of homelessness. Aware Super research found one in four women were concerned they would have nowhere to live in retirement. Modelling ...

Former Socceroo joins Crescent Foundation board

ANNABELLE DICKSON | WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020

... vision." Crescent Foundation awards scholarships to refugees to study at university, supports The Big Issue to help homelessness, assists Thrive Refugee Enterprise refugees and asylum seekers to start their own small businesses and supports The Islamic ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020

... "Investing in 30,000 social homes within the next four years is an obvious solution that will not only help to end homelessness in Australia but will also create vital jobs in the construction industry," Toomey said. "Particularly given 2020's challenges ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020

... message urging you to take action because the member is so badly mentally injured she is suicidal and at risk of homelessness," Johns said in the post. "This was a desperate plea from me to you to intervene. I labelled the message clearly. What do I ...

CBA donates $2m to community charities

ALLY SELBY | MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020

... deserving charities given the extremely challenging operating environment." Organisations receiving the grants include homelessness, Indigenous disadvantage, domestic violence and cancer-support charities. One such organisation is Tranby, a national ...

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020

... age," Blakey said. "We already know that women over the age of 55 are the faster growing group of people experiencing homelessness and unless we reform our super system to make it fairer for women and the lower paid we are consigning the next generation ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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