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Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong Kong University ...

Super remains grossly inequitable: Per Capita

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... superannuation system continues to produce grossly inequitable outcomes between the financial security of Australian men and women in retirement, according to research from Per Capita. The research, titled The Herstory of Superannuation, said the system ...

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... combined US$2.3 trillion in assets under management. In the research note to clients, it defines female-managed portfolios as women holding at least one third of portfolio manager positions. Of the total universe, just 14 mutual funds were led by an ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... workers and widen the gender superannuation gap according to The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and Women in Super. New data shown at the annual Women's Super Summit revealed during the first tranche of super withdrawals females ...

Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Toronto. Promethos's investment strategies include investing in companies committed to promoting gender diversity and women to leadership positions, as well as mitigating climate change and ecological damage. Having set up shop in March 2019, Promethos's ...

AIST calls for top-ups for low-income ERS recipients

ANNABELLE DICKSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... threshold and super on paid parental leave. Without these recommendations put in place, there is a risk of a wider super gap for women, young people and lower income earners. "Closing the COVID super gap will require a commitment from government, employers ...

Boe Pahari steps down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Australia-Japan Foundation. Her previous board experience includes Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), Asia Society and Women in Banking and Finance. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) welcomed the announcement of ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... billing came in at over $63,000. Men reported the most losses to investment scams with $341,797 lost, followed closely by women at $339,220 lost. ASIC revealed phone calls as the top contact method by scammers with 756 reports and $632,049 reported lost. ...

Super fund for women adds fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A superannuation fund that markets itself to women has created a new administration fee. FairVine Super, a sub-plan of Aracon Super, has added a $104 per annum administration fee (equating to $2 a week) for members in its balanced and growth options. ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... male peers, with 33% no longer feeling confident about their retirement (compared to 25% for men). A larger proportion of women did not have an investment portfolio outside of super (32% compared to 17%), also potentially leaving them with less income ...