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Women-led super funds outperform, so why so few leaders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
Superannuation funds with higher than average levels of female strategic leadership outperforming other funds forces the question of why the proportion of women in superannuation leadership roles remains so low. Research by Rainmaker into the relative ...

AustralianSuper manager awarded FINSIA scholarship

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... "long-term contribution she felt that she could make to the industry, and super in particular." Parr is chair of Women In Super's national professional development committee and a member of the Victorian emerging leaders committee of the Association ...

Women in Super launch 2017 scholarships

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Applications for the third annual Women in Super and AGSM@UNSW Business School scholarship program are now open. The scholarship provides members of the Women in Super NSW chapter with the opportunity to attend one of the Australian Graduate School ...

Zurich appoints former Lazard CEO in super role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... of Lazard Asset Management, a position she held for three years. She was also previously a committee member of Women in Super and director strategy of MLC/Lend Lease. Roberts is also chair of the investor working group 30% Club Australia, an association ...

Potential budget super alterations welcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... important in addressing this disparity between women and men in retirement," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Women in Super chair Cate Wood said that the recommendations highlight the structural unfairness of the current superannuation system ...

Lazard chief steps down after 15 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... executive. Prior to Lazard, she held roles at MLC and Capita Financial Group; she was also a committee member for Women in Super from 2010 to 2016. In a statement, Lazard said: "Susan Roberts has left to pursue new opportunities and the team at Lazard ...

Women in Super names recipients of 2015 NSW scholarship program

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2015
Christmas has arrived three weeks early for five Women in Super (WIS) members who became the latest recipients of the association's scholarship program. Now in its fifth year running, the NSW Women in Super scholarship programs are designed to help ...

Tax reform must not betray women

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... superannuation gender gap "it will be a betrayal of the women of Australia." That is the view of not-for-profit group Women in Super, who recently submitted to the Senate inquiry into economic security of women in retirement. Among widely held recommendations ...

Senate hears too many holes for women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... retirement savings system. Ahead of the Senate public hearing looking at economic security for women in retirement, Women In Super chair Cate Wood said a range of policy measures were needed to improve the gender super savings gap. "While there seems ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and earlier this year Wade ceased her non-executive director role at Women in Super. She said the Women in Super role was a terrific opportunity to work with local ladies in Canberra by building a network ...