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Objective of super bill lands in parliament

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... compassionate grounds. Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle said the fund's nearly two million members, over a million of whom are women and young adults, stand to gain from the reforms promoting fairness in the super system. Doyle noted that many of the ...

Rest hires policy lead from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... should work for all Australians. Rest uniquely represents more than a million members under the age of 30 and one million women, and I look forward to working to ensure the interests of all Rest members are properly considered in public policy decision ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
Australian Ethical has allocated more than $100 million to two infrastructure debt funds that provide finance to renewable energy and social infrastructure projects. Australian Ethical has backed the Infradebt Ethical Fund and the Infradebt Energy Transition ...

Future Super acquires GuildSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... includes members in Child Care Super, which also forms part of Guild Group's offering; about 85% of Guild's members are women. In all, it has about 22,000 employers on its books. Guild Group was established in 1995 and, in addition to the childcare ...

Taskforce unveils recommendations for economic equality

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... Releasing the final report Women's Economic Equality: A 10-year plan to unleash the full capacity and contribution of women to the Australian economy today, the WEET presented reforms that are evidence-based and actionable with outcomes that will ...

Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... workplace in tandem with World Menopause Day. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees previously found about 45% of women under 55 are exiting the workforce early due to illness, injury, or disability. Menopause specifically is estimated ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... extent on social proof. In other words, trust in the founders, which can sometimes present barriers for many groups including women, people who have not worked in tech before, or attended prestigious universities," he said. A separate study found that ...

FAAA names inaugural awards finalists

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... Viridian Advisory, Iconic Wealth's Kelly King, and Carla Williams of Sufficient Funds are finalists for the FAAA Inspire Women Excellence in Advice Award. Boutique Advisers, Future Gen Solutions, and Warr Hunt are nominated for FAAA Professional ...

ReCALIbrate grant winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... advisers have received $2000 each from the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) as it looks to boost the number of women in risk advice. The inaugural ReCALIbrate recipients include Zurich Assure financial adviser Kristen Genter, Platinum Financial ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... 30,000 new social and affordable rental homes within the next five years. Notably, this includes 4000 homes specifically for women and children affected by family and domestic violence, as well as older women at risk of homelessness. However, despite ...