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New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... comprehensive ESG composite index every year, and presents sustainability credentials in areas such as risk conduct, percentage of women directors and executives, and the value of socially responsible investments.

Australians rapidly gaining wealth: Roy Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... Over the period, Australia performed very strongly - particularly in comparison to European nations during the same period. Women have improved their average net wealth position relative to men. Men now hold 12.3% more wealth than women; in 2007 they ...

Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... will continue to be based on age, occupation, waiting period and benefit period. When it comes to death and TPD claims, women typically claim at a lower rate than men, while the opposite holds true for income protection claims, the super fund said. "To ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Facebook to launch own currency

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... population - almost half according to the World Bank - don't have an active bank account, with even more dire numbers for women. "The cost of that exclusion is high - approximately 70% of small businesses in developing countries lack access to credit ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... responded that while she "really liked" some of the ideas the panelists raised, she believed the changes would be detrimental to women, such as linking the age at which Australian's could access their super. "Some of the clients I see are already just ...

Blue chips hit board diversity target

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... Council of Superannuation Investors, 30% of ASX200 boards comprise female directors. More than 40 companies currently have 40% women directors, while 20 companies have 50% or more women on boards. Current figures show 70% of board positions are held ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... services to business and finance, central banking, logistics and manufacturing sectors - as well as for her work in elevating women. Carol Schwartz, who is also on the Reserve Bank board, was recognised as a supporter of women in leadership roles and ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... because they come to me after they've left the adviser they were with for years when their partner was alive," she said. "With women living longer than men, you can't afford to be losing all these clients. You can't afford not to connect with women." ...

Minimum wage rises by 3%

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... households have household disposable incomes less than 60% of the median income relative poverty line. The Commission also said women were disproportionately represented among those on the NMW and reliant on modern award minimum wages, thus the gender ...