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UK regulator introduces diversity rules for listed entities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... executive positions - chair, chief executive, chief financial officer or senior independent director - must be held by a woman. Further, at least one member of the board should be from an ethnic minority background excluding white ethnic groups. Those ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... that local men and women typically start off with similar balances in their 20s, albeit a 5% discrepancy. However, once a woman reached her 30s, the gender super gap jumped 22%. At this age the median super balance of local women is also $13,100 less ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... also AIST's biggest gripe, particularly given 90% of all parental leave is taken by women. "For every dollar a man earns, a woman earns 67 cents on average, and women have 40% less superannuation on retirement and live longer," AIST chief executive Eva ...

Childcare key to super gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
... 20% by 2040. The report argued that the current subsidy creates a disincentive for lower income primary carers - usually a woman - to work beyond three days, as the extra income is almost completely swallowed up by higher childcare costs and taxes. Modelling ...

Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... the express aim of ensuring women retire with more, saying analysis of Grattan Institute data found the average Australian woman stands to save $102,000 in fees by switching to a lower cost super fund. The platform collates their super information, runs ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... to addressing the gender super gap. This year, ASFA released research suggesting a baby bonus of $5000 for each child a woman gives birth to or adopts could neutralise the super gap for a woman earning $80,000 and eliminate it for a woman earning $60,000 ...

Cbus creates chief member role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
Cbus has marked International Women's Day by elevating an executive woman to chief member officer. Cbus' group executive, member and employer experience Marianne Walker will now have the new title of chief member officer. It is the first time ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... almost doubling from seven years ago when there were only 18%. Out of the 200 companies, there are currently only 19 one-woman boards. The ASX300 hit the 30% barrier in November 2020 and currently sits at 33.1% female representation. While boards are ...

Super baby bonus could end inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... economic modelling shows that a large portion of the inequity that arises when having a baby could be neutralised for a woman earning $80,000 and eliminated for a woman earning $60,000 or less by introducing two simple measures; the first being Superannuation ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... Shirley Clarke, met for breakfast the following morning and agreed before they left to meet the following month, and each woman would bring at least one other woman who worked in superannuation with them," Women in Super said. "Women in Super was created ...