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Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... concentrations of women members, including health, education, retail, hospitality and the public sector." For example, Rainmaker analysis of APRA data found that Rest is the most popular fund in the country for women - with over 1.1 million of its 1.8 ...

Government retirement modelling leaves women behind: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... income percentiles women average just 30.1 years of contributions, the male average is 36.2 years," ISA said. ISA said the analysis highlights a flaw in the Retirement Income Review base case modelling which assumes everyone receives 40 years of super ...

ASX200 needs executive equality: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... gender equality, but female representation is still lacking in executive roles, according to new research. The latest analysis by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) showed women now occupy more than 35% of board seats in the ASX50 ...

Super assets hit record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... and $7.7 billion for the year. Total benefit payments in the year to December 2020 were $113.3 billion. A Plan For Life analysis shows that $119 billion was withdrawn over 2019 or 9.10% on average. This is higher compared to 2015, which saw 7.28% on ...

Mercer joins net-zero club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... based on the belief that it is in the best financial interests of superannuation members and investment clients. "Robust analysis has informed our view that this decision is in the best financial interests of our members and clients to invest for a 1.5 ...

Aware Super eyes another merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... Aware's existing 1.1 million members, seeing the latter inch closer to a $120 billion fund. According to Rainmaker analysis, VISSF - which receives about $40 million in contributions each year - has grown by about 5% per annum over the last five ...

Remains of Melissa Caddick found

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... and homicide squad. NSW Health Pathology was able to confirm that the remains belonged to Caddick after examination and analysis. Caddick left her Dover Heights home on 11 November 2020. She was reported missing the following day. At a press conference ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... Earth Scotland reveals UK local government pensions held $14 billion in fossil fuel investments last financial year. The analysis said it equates to about $2500 invested in fossil fuels for each of the 6.8 million people depending on local government ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Members of merged superannuation funds are $15,000 better off in retirement, new research shows. An analysis by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) found MySuper fees of merged entities dropped by 13.4% on average. The consumer advocate group looked at ...

HUB24, Netwealth top platform rankings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... inch out Netwealth for the lead when it comes to overall functionality. The 2020 Platform Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis Report sees HUB24 rank first for platform functionality with a total score of 89%, just beating Netwealth on 88.9%. Investment ...