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Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... funds take an interest because they are giants of the industry and have the scale to draw more attention to the benefits of women working in wealth management.

How much do you need to feel financially free?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... family. The average Aussie man put his wishlist figure at $899,000 which is $140,000 more than what the average Australian women pegged it at. The gender disparity in expectations was more pronounced among younger people - young men swelled their needs ...

Industry fund launches lifecycle default option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... Secondly, ACS is looking at other factors to enhance its lifecycle strategies including gender and account balance among others. Women tend to be more conservative for example, so ACS has designed its current lifecycle strategy to suit its current demographic ...

CPA Australia names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... was managing director and chief executive. CPA Australia said Hunter was selected from a short list of four men and four women from Australia and around the world. He will receive annual base remuneration of $650,000 with an at risk incentive component ...

Aussie attitudes toward retirement shifting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... phase and eases the pressure placed on social security. Increased awareness as to the superannuation gap between men and women is cited as a key factor in the average of women intending to retire having increased to 61.3 years - a jump of 6.3 years in ...

Chief economist update: Plotting the dots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... - in interest rates at the end of the next two calendar years. It's so nice (even profitable) to know where the men and women of the FOMC are taking the fed funds rate going forward, innit? But as former Fed chief, Janet Yellen, oft-repeatedly warned ...

Pre-retirees lack confidence about retirement: Qantas Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
Six-in-ten (63%) Australians do not have the confidence to retire comfortably, with women comprising a large cohort that feel discouraged about preparing for retirement, Qantas Super's inaugural CSBA Retirement Confidence Index (RCI) shows. Based on ...

FinTech Australia appoints interim chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... player driving increased female participation in the Victorian start-up community. She built a community of more than 1000 women entrepreneurs through Ladies of York (launched originally from the York Butter Factory), which merged with the Startup Victoria ...

More female clients requires more female advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
The increase in women seeking financial advice highlights not only the need for more female advisers, but also the benefits of embracing gender equality in the workplace. Integra Financial Services director Deborah Kent believes the increasingly holistic ...

Super funds call for SG increase to aid women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
AustralianSuper and Human Super support a mandatory increase to the superannuation guarantee for women in a bid to close the superannuation gap. Both super funds are lobbying for a mandatory 12% SG contribution, stating the 2.5% increase would make ...