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A man is not a plan: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... For International Women's Day, ISA and Women In Super (WIS) called on the federal government to help bridge the super gender gap, including paying super on Commonwealth paid parental leave, abolishing the $450 threshold and sticking to the legislated ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... in 2000 to 11% last year. Similarly, equity fund managers dropped from 12.9% two decades ago, to 11% last year. "The gender gap is a chasm in the fund industry. The cause is likely a complicated combination of structural barriers and implicit biases," ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... the issue. The retirement income policy division posed and answered the question: "Won't increasing SG help close the gender gap in super balances?" "The main drivers of women having lower balances than men are women's lower incomes and long career breaks," ...

Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... value of owner occupied homes in a rapidly rising market, when jointly owned, is a contributing factor to closing the gender gap, as both sexes are gaining equally from what is generally the household's biggest asset." The Roy Morgan Wealth Report is ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... However, it did not provide indicators of employee satisfaction, disclose employee pay metrics, or the results of the gender gap analysis which was undertaken. The board has a low level of independence, the report said. Among other diversified financials ...

Natixis backs gender diversity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
... Females in Finance, advocating for women in financial services. Natixis Investment Managers has moved to narrow the gender gap in Australia's financial services industry, linking with gender diversity program F3. The partnership will see the $1 trillion-plus ...

SMSF gender gap reduces over time

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... women when SMSFs are established. However, the gap reduces to 21% across all SMSFs, which Class said indicates the gender gap narrows over time. The data comes from Class' most recent benchmark report, which uses data from more than 26,000 SMSFs established ...

Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
New research reveals the state that has the widest superannuation savings gap between male and female employees, at nearly 40%. The study by Women in Super and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees of large industry superannuation funds ...

Superannuation gender gap hits women early

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
A new study shows the gender retirement savings and pay gap is triggered as early as graduate employment and progressively worsens. Researchers from Monash Business School found the gender pay gap kicked in from the start of a female employee's ...

Budget 2019-20: Social media reacts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... (@billshortenmp) April 2, 2019 Industry Super said the Budget didn't address the issues of unpaid super or the gender gap. After the #auspol 2019/20 Budget it is clear more needs to be done. You can read ISA's full statement on the #budget19 ...