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KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... contributions should be included in the Commonwealth Paid Parental Scheme, among three recommendations to level the gender gap in the workforce. Its recently published paper Towards a more equal sharing of work says since the 1970s, the increase in women's ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... management Linda Elkins said. "Over the next few years, we will see an increase in scale of the 'mega' funds and a widening gap between the 'sub-mega' funds and those lower down." As at 30 June 2020, industry funds accounted for 29.6% of the industry. ...

AIA Australia partners with Your Wills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... Wickremesinghe said AIA Australia currently insures millions of Australians and the partnership with Your Wills bridges the gap between insurance, superannuation, Wills and Estate Planning for a comprehensive asset protection approach. Wickremesinghe ...

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... reaching humanity scale healthcare, supercharging industrial potential, enabling the next intelligence leap and bridging the gap to space. The raise was made up of investments from Horizons Ventures, Hostplus, Lockheed Martin and Temasek, as well as ...

FPA launches file note guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has released new guidance on best practice for file notes. File notes are important as a risk management tool, especially in disputes between clients and financial advisers, and the FPA said recent ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... last year has seen various leading super funds and investment managers announce net zero strategies, however there remains a gap between investment strategy and consumer expectations that their money doesn't contribute to further climate change. ...

Super top ups increase: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... 79% of the amount of their male counterparts by the time they reach retirement - often feeling the effects of the gender pay gap and time out of the workforce to perform caregiver duties. "Without other assets like shares or investment properties to ...

Cairns women disadvantaged by super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... in retirement," it said. In their 20s, ISA found women from Cairns have slightly more super than men, but the gender super gap starts to open once they reach their 30s, when many women take time out of the workforce. The Australia Institute from the ...

Tax concessions failing women: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... franking 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," ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Risk premium inflows experienced marginal decreases in the 12 months to December 2020 as the gap in consumer satisfaction grows, new research shows. The latest data from Plan For Life showed total inflows increased 0.5% to $16.3 billion with just a ...