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Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... of unpaid super and the gaps in superannuation coverage. "Our submission presents a solution aimed at reducing the gender gap, with a focus on improving unpaid superannuation, as well as providing an examination of areas of the economy where Australia's ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... them to remain within the $1.6m transfer balance cap." He added it will be interesting to see how the current SMSF gender gap may be further affected by the reforms and will be closely tracking changes over the coming quarters.

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... figures. Randi Zuckerberg, author of 'Dot Complicated' and founder of Zuckerberg Media, said that women should bridge this gender gap by upskilling and taking tech-related courses. "The great thing about tech is that computer languages and the coding ...

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... AFA is disappointed no measures were announced to address the financial wellbeing of women and the retirement savings gender gap, describing it as a lost opportunity. "On average, Australian women have significantly lower retirement savings as they often ...

Government reform to close super gender gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Women are facing significant challenges when it comes to saving for retirement and the gender gap won't be relieved without government input. That was the key message shared by Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer in a video address ...

Super 2.0 must deliver retirement certainty: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... deliver a comfortable retirement for all and reduce the numbers of people on the old age pension - it must close the gender gap and it must be fiscally sustainable over the long-term," Loane said. "Australians want certainty and confidence in superannuation. ...

Super changes to widen super gender gap: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... $284,312 for men (1.84 times). Roberts notes that results such as those from the HILDA survey highlight the appalling gender gap in superannuation at retirement between men and women. "On the 2014 survey, the mean account balance for females aged around ...

FSC names new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... respected across the industry, particularly for her determined efforts to promote policy to close the superannuation gender gap." After Loane welcomed Lloyd to the stage, Lloyd thanked Cooper for his contributions to the organisation and for "steering ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
New data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) shows the retirement savings gender gap is highest for women who work part-time and are in the bottom two tax brackets. The gap in super savings is most severe for females on lower taxable incomes ...

Government lagging on super policy: Labor

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... minister for sport and shadow assistant minister for investment and productivity listed adequacy, tax concessions and the gender gap as the three key benchmarks Labor will use to evaluate the government's superannuation policy. Chalmers outlined four ...

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Australia an 'efficient' market for multinationals

MATTHEW WAI
A new report by Mercator by Citco (Mercator) has revealed that while multinational organisations face significantly higher operations demands in Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australia has proven to be one of the most efficient markets.

Brighter Super default members earn 11% in FY25

KARREN VERGARA
Brighter Super's MySuper option achieved 10.9% p.a. for the 2025 financial year, exceeding performance for the medium and long term.

SIAA chief executive steps down

ELIZA BAVIN
Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox will step down after six years in the role.

GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA
GQG Partners' assets jumped $4 billion to reach a record high of US$172.4 billion for the 2025 financial year despite experiencing "short-term relative underperformance".

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