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Former PIMCO chief guilty in admissions scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
The former chief executive of PIMCO has pleaded guilty to charges in relation to the ongoing Operation Varsity Blues college admissions bribery scandal in the United States. According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, former PIMCO chief ...

Consumers trust super funds about as much as banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... high or very high degree of confidence in their ability to retire comfortably (ratings of seven and above). About 29% of women reported little to no confidence in their ability to retire comfortably and 38% said they knew how much money they needed for ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... does not support continuous changes to and reviews of the super system. When the conversation turned to how super works for women, Kelty had a passionate response. "It's not true that women were not involved in the development of our super system ...

FS Power50 highlights most influential advisers in 2019

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Zella Wealth's Victoria Devine is the most followed Power50 adviser on Instagram, with a community of 2383. There are more women in this years' Power50 than ever before. Female advisers make up 38% of the list - up 6% year on year. Many of the women ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... income review is facing calls for its terms of reference to be modified to explicitly focus on the retirement outcomes of women. Women in Super - the national advocacy group for women employed in superannuation and financial services - is calling for ...

IOOF expands advice team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2019
... Along with her experience within the financial services industry Gregory-Aylett is a founding member of Financial Executive Women, mentoring women to help them reach their career potential. "[Gregory-Aylett] has been consulting on a range of strategic ...

Industry embraces Mental Health Month

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... charity spin class for YWCA. Hare said: "This is a great opportunity for the team to make a genuine difference in the lives of women who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. There's also considerable research that proves there is ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... 2027." However, Natixis managing director for Australia Louise Watson pointed out that the gap between super balances for women and men is having a significant impact on retirement outcomes for Australians. "Australian women retire with on average 47% ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Forty percent of single women are estimated to retire in poverty, but Treasury think increasing the superannuation guarantee won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information ...

ASIC super specialist joins AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... manager when it acquired Superpartners in 2015. Birks has also previously held senior roles with HESTA, the International Women's Development Agency, Hostplus, ME Bank and Industry Fund Services. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said Birks' depth ...