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Industry fund pushes for simpler super splitting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... superannuation assets "easier, faster and fairer." The two organisations said that with the help of advocacy group Women in Super, they were able to bring together superannuation industry leaders, representatives from the Federal Circuit Court, government ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
It was a busy year for Women in Super, capped last Friday with the end-of-year Christmas luncheon where the association raised $18,000 on the day for a community foundation supporting women. Lata McNulty, chair of the NSW Committee, said that in 2019 ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... There's one issue: women are treated unfairly. Deal with it and then leave the system as it is," Kelty said. Women in Super, the national advocacy group for women employed in super and financial services, is currently calling for the retirement income ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... facing calls for its terms of reference to be modified to explicitly focus on the retirement outcomes of women. Women in Super - the national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services - is calling for women to be specifically ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... their higher lifetime earnings." In April, a study released by Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Women in Super measured the gap in superannuation savings between men and women for large industry superannuation funds. The superannuation ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... pockets of the super sector. The national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services, Women in Super (WIS), has condemned the bill in a submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's inquiry into the Government's ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... "He's going to make himself a non-resident," he says. However, not all have derided the opposition. In September, Women in Super welcomed Labor super policies designed to improve the retirement outcomes of women. "Introducing super on paid parental leave ...

Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... state that has the widest superannuation savings gap between male and female employees, at nearly 40%. The study by Women in Super and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees of large industry superannuation funds found the gender savings ...

Macquarie chief executive on striking a balance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
At a recent Women in Super lunch, Shemara Wikramanayake spoke about how she managed competing commitments between raising a family and working her way up the corporate ladder at Macquarie Group. Wikramanayake has two children, now teenagers. Her husband ...

Women-led super funds continue to shine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... average score was 30%, meaning typically three in 10 fund leaders are women. In terms of overall representation of women in super, the numbers show this has remained steady at 30% since 2016. Rainmaker analysed single strategy, default MySuper products ...