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Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... retirement and ability to invest compared to men, new surveys reveal. Only 30% of women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) shows. A similar number of women members ...

Equip Super set to hire top chief experience officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Equip Super is the latest super fund to reshuffle its leadership team as it redoubles its efforts to improve the superannuation experience for members. The revamp will see the departure of two key executives and the arrival of new chief experience officer ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... egg for retirement. The task takes only a few minutes, but it can mean thousands or tens of thousands more dollars in your super upon retirement." Vanguard Australia head of financial adviser services Rachel White, who spoke on Morningstar's International ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... prematurely because of severe menopause symptoms," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Presently, employers including Aware Super, Cbus and Future Group offer paid forms of reproductive leave.

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... now the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority - to lead the research program developing the first official quarterly super industry surveys. This followed three years with the Department of Veterans Affairs as a statistics officer, undertaking demographic ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... about $7000 to their nest egg per period of parental leave taken. It's a measure that has long been advocated for by the super industry and unions, given the impact it can have on a woman's super balance in retirement. In responding to the government's ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme will include Superannuation Guarantee contributions from next year. In a major win for the super industry and Australian women, 12% superannuation contributions will be made by the government alongside parental leave ...

UniSuper, ISPT acquire commercial property at Western Sydney Airport

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... will manage its own investment directly. On the new deal, UniSuper senior manager, property, Nick Stephens said this is a super prime institutional grade industrial property asset in Sydney's tightly held western industrial precinct, adding to UniSuper's ...

Rest appoints general manager, product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... a million women," Tully said. "I'm excited to help pursue our mission to provide Rest's two million members with super that they love."

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... Puli said. The research accompanies the release of a green paper that explores the development of disability insurance in super. According to MLC, the paper aims to improve outcomes for Australian workers who face illness or injury and for superannuation ...