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Aussies in the dark over super stapling

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
The majority of Australians are unaware of the effects of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms and could potentially be stapled to an underperforming fund for good. The YFYS stapling requirement comes into effect today and will see around one ...

Pinnacle backs investment platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... from the wealth management sector and the ongoing reductions in the number of licensed advisers, there is a growing "advice gap" in this country," he said. "There are many Australians who would like to access professional investment assistance but find ...

Australia improves super system quality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... study showed OECD countries were prone to massive gender pension gaps, starting with Japan, which leads with a nearly 50% gap. Mexico, Austria, the UK, Luxembourg and the Netherlands follow behind, recording between a 40% to 43% pension gap among men ...

Actuaries Institute devises director skills checklist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
A new paper from the Actuaries Institute discusses the key skills and experience board directors for financial services companies should have going forward, including an argument that the chair should always be a former chief executive. Former Actuaries ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The lived experience of men and women in financial services vastly differs as the gap is widening between organisations saying they are working to promote gender equality and those putting it into practice, new research shows. FINSIA's sixth biennial ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... strategy that comprises of a mix of supply and demand measures. Institutional investors also have a role to fill the funding gap currently restraining supply of the new stock needed to address demand shortages." One of ISA's suggestions is that the government ...

What will it take to get super on parental leave?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... Equality Agency (WGEA) director Libby Lyons, arguing that paying super on parental leave is the most practical way to address the gap in super savings between men and women. ISA analysis of enterprise agreements shows less than 7% include a provision ...

Australian Ethical makes strategic investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... partnership - which will grow the impact of the CSIRO Innovation Fund, managed by Main Sequence. "We created the fund to bridge the gap that separates great Australian science and traditional investors, so we can translate more great Australian science ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... interest in our purpose as a mission-led business or the unique nature of how we're supporting women to close the gender wealth gap. It was often impossible to find a common language," Hobbs said. "So, we pivoted, we sought out Australian businesswomen ...

SMSF establishments soar

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... just over $822 billion with 28% of SMSF assets held in listed shares and 18% in cash and term deposits. Meanwhile, the gender gap of SMSF members is narrowing with 53% of SMSF members being male and 47% female. The majority (86%) of SMSF members are ...