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Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated the estimated divestment figure during a speech she gave to a Women In Super luncheon in Canberra on Friday. "But the issue is not about divestment as a goal in itself, it's about how do you get companies ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... is, the system as it stands currently is stacked in favour of high income earning, well-off males," Garcia said. Women In Super (WIS) chair, Cate Wood, said it was ironic that the only superannuation taxation change supported by the federal government ...

2015 Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1m

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Women In Super have just announced that this year's Mother's Day Classic raised $3.1 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation ( NBCF ). The total cumulative fundraising since the event began in 1998 is now $27.4 million. This year's event attracted ...

HESTA manager to study women in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
Australia's superannuation system is somewhat designed to reward people who enjoy unbroken careers, affecting many working women, and prompting an industry representative to conduct research on the issue. HESTA general manager business development ...

Super industry collectively engages indigenous Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... Superannuation Trustees; Association of Superannuation Funds; Industry Super Australia; Financial Services Council; Women in Super; AMP; MLC; GESB; Australian Super; QSuper; HESTA; First State Super; Cbus; Super SA: Vision Super; First Nations Foundation ...

Telstra Super lawyer wins WiS scholarship

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Sharyn Cowley has been awarded one of four inaugural Mavis Robertson Scholarship Programs, offered by advocacy group Women in Super. The awards were announced to coincide with International Women's Day on Sunday 8 March 2015. Sharyn Cowley joined Telstra ...

Women in Super launches executive education scholarships

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Women in Super (WIS) and the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) have joined forces to offer scholarships for NSW WIS members wishing to fast track their career in superannuation. The scholarships are sponsored by AGSM (UNSW Business School) ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... untapped, trustees can do more to fix the gender gap within their ranks. Back in 2010, Financial Standard attended the Women in Super roundtable where leading superannuation executives, including Mavis Robertson, discussed why more women should have ...

Vale Mavis Robertson AM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... founding member of the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF); Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees; Women in Super; the Australia Council of Super Investors (ACSI); and the Mother's Day Classic - the latter having raised more than $24 million ...

Women in Super NSW scholarship winners named

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
Women in Super chair Keri Pratt has announced the winners of its fourth annual NSW scholarship programme. The scholarships were awarded to Perennial Value Management senior manager of institutional business Camilla Love, Christian Super senior investment ...