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Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... organisation that doesn't tolerate discrimination in the workplace. Q: How do we most effectively address the gender pay gap? A: There's no silver bullet. Commit to flexible working policies, ensure employees have equal opportunities to progress ...

Shock statistics on gender gap on boards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
New data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has revealed that while the pay gap has decreased from 0.6%, women are still significantly underrepresented in leadership. WGEA reported that the national gender pay gap has dropped to 13.4% ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... Callaghan added that financial advice should be considered as a fourth pillar of the retirement system as it can help fill this gap.

Westpac prioritises risk management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
Westpac announced risk management and rebuilding its culture will be its top priorities for 2021. The bank paid $105 million to about 548,000 customers it has wronged during the first quarter ending December 2020, as announced in a trading update this ...

PPS Mutual offers new IP solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... medical assessments within a short period of time is not the best use of that time," Varnier said. PPS said the offering fills a gap in the market left by the requirement on life insurers to cease offering new agreed value income protection policies ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... Dunnin said. Additionally, over the three year performance period to the end of November 2020, there was a 3.3 percentage point gap between the top placed product, and the bottom placed product. Rainmaker said the COVID-19 crisis has added extra pressure ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... funds David Hallifax said client demand for sustainable investing continues to grow in Australia and the firm has identified a gap in the current offerings available to investors. "This fund stands out as a liquid alternatives portfolio that reflects ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... statement. He asked: "In charging a higher fee than the best performers in the super space, aren't you widening the gender gap in super?" Verve chief executive Christina Hobbs said the funds' fees are fair and that at the time of launching its ...

New trading platform to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... in the market. Co-founders Nick Nicolaides, Hayden Smith and Kurt Walkom came together to brainstorm how best to bridge the gap. Nicolaides, a portfolio manager of private markets at Atrium Investment Management, previously worked with Walkom at family ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... fortunes increase by nearly $85 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global survey highlighting the widening income-inequity gap shows. Thirty-one Australian billionaires saw their bank balances swell between March and December 2020 in Oxfam's latest ...