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Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... discount and franking credits are split across $42 billion for men and $18 billion that goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare, superannuation, and our research shows even Australia's system of tax concessions are stacked against women," Australia ...

Tax concessions failing women: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... credits and, of the annual spend, $42 billion of the benefit goes to men and $18 billion goes to women. "Gender pay gap, childcare, superannuation, and our research shows even Australia's system of tax concessions are stacked against women," Australia ...

Lowy-backed Assembly acquires childcare centres

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... North West Sydney. The acquisition is in partnership with Harrington Property Funds Management and will see the six childcare centres operated by Young Academics under a 15-year lease. "The risk reward balance of this transaction in the alternative asset ...

Hume expands portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... likely to reduce work time to part-time than fathers (37% against 5%) and this in part to buffer the family from rising childcare costs. We know that significant structural, systemic and cultural barriers prevent women from engaging in paid work to the ...

New finance, operations GM at Australian Unity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... wealth and capital markets unit. Jenny Saliba was most recently the chief financial officer of ASX-listed firm Think Childcare, where she helped lead a business transformation after its IPO and execute a capital investment program to improve the quality ...

Sydney boutique to buy a slice of Investec assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... includes leveraged finance and fund finance loans to corporates and funds across business services, entertainment, retail, childcare, healthcare, mining services and financial services in Australia. MCP is understood to be acquiring about $1.2 billion ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Reducing childcare costs could be the solution to improving retirement outcomes for women, a new survey shows. Three-in-four superannuation members argue that improving access to childcare or making it more affordable could lead to a significant difference ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... such as teachers, nurses, aged care and disability support workers, law enforcement and emergency-services workers, and childcare employees. Damien Webb, the head of income and real assets at Aware, told Financial Standard that the units will be offered ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... returning to work after parental leave stay with their companies and 65% offer lactation rooms on-site while 46% offer childcare subsidies or financial support. Nearly two-thirds of GEI board members are women while 61% have a chief diversity officer. ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... increase in tobacco excise and the introduction, continuation and conclusion of a number of government schemes, including childcare fee subsidies and home building grants." The most significant price rises in the December quarter were seen across tobacco ...