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Labor Government on the cards: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018

... Commission to ensure that they are delivered swiftly and effectively," she said. In an effort to narrow the retirement savings gap, Labor pledged to top up the superannuation accounts of women on parental leave among several other measures. Labor leader ...

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018

... expensive to get financial advice, making it more important than ever that the fintech industry continues to grow to fill the gap and provide advice in new innovative ways. "We're seeing the games in Canberra [leadership spills, regulation] having a ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018

... selected high schools and also offers a similar seminar to parents in order to help close Australia's financial literacy gap. Over the coming months, Ward is looking to take Leda's message to more high schools as well as establish referral partnerships ...

Part-time work widens super gender gap

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018

... significantly larger amount of $310,000. ABS program manager Dean Bowley said one key influence driving the superannuation balance gap is that a higher proportion of women are working part-time. Forty-four percent of women work part-time - about three ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with an international pension fund that will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices. The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new ...

Charities losing $180m a year to gender pay gap

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018

Australian charities could be receiving $180 million more in donations each year if the gender pay gap was to close, according to a new report on trends in philanthropy. Women donate 0.39% their income to charity every year while men donate 0.34%, according ...

Chief economist update: Stability is doing it for Japan

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018

... economies. The year-on-year rate of change in the CPI is likely to increase gradually toward 2%, mainly on the back of the output gap remaining positive and medium- to long-term inflation expectations rising." Risks remain: "the US macroeconomic policies ...

AI Group pushes back against super gender gap reforms

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018

... comments come after many in the superannuation industry welcomed Labor's election promise to address the super gender age gap at retirement. Last week, Women in Super chair chair Cate Wood said the group was pleased Labor had "committed to consider ...

Labor super reforms can reach further heights: Industry

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018

Superannuation industry lobby groups are welcoming Labor's election promise to address the super gender gap at retirement. They also believe more can be done. Women in Super has long advocated for several of Labor's proposed measures, including superannuation ...

Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018

If elected, the Labor Party will work to narrow the retirement savings gap by topping up the superannuation accounts of women on parental leave among several other measures. Labor leader Bill Shorten has announced a plan to add $400 million to the super ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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