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Rising Star highlights young women in advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Indicating a rise in the number of women opting for a career in financial planning, four of the six finalists for the 2017 Association of Financial Advisers' Rising Star of the Year Award are female. The accolade - which is presented in partnership ...

Female Excellence Award finalists announced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Presented by the Association of Financial Advisers and TAL, the FEIA Award recognises the significant contributions made by women in the financial advice profession, their community and their clients. Vying for the award this year are Wisdom of Wealth ...

Financial stress devastating Australian lives: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... admitted to using drugs and alcohol to manage negative feelings, 18 times higher than people not under financial stress. Women were reported to be more likely to be financial stressed than men - 33.4% versus 27.6%. Dr Nicola Gates, chief scientific adviser ...

Female SMSF investors more focused on securing retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
Female investors are increasingly using self-managed superannuation funds to build wealth, with women aged between 35 and 50 displaying different share trading habits to men. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, a comparison of ...

Digital advice embraced by all ages: Decimal

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... about one-third of super clients were using digital advice outside of normal financial planning business hours. This said women were most engaged with their super between 10am and midday, completing 482 statements of advice at this time. Men completed ...

Executives have 90 days to make impact

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... director of global beverage company, Jacobs Douwe Egberts for Australia and New Zealand, told senior leaders at this week's 5th Women in Finance and Accounting Leadership Summit 2017 about the importance of taking time out in between roles. Not everyone ...

Executives must think beyond the technical

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... skills alone won't be enough to be a good and influential leader. Lang, who yesterday addressed the first day of the 5th Women in Finance and Accounting Leadership Summit 2017, said in her past work experience, moving from one technical aspect of a role ...

Numbers and needs of female HNWs set to grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... demographic in Australia and an attractive business opportunity for wealth managers capable of offering bespoke services. Though women represent less than 10% of Australia's high-net-worth community, they comprise 39% of Australians starting a new business. ...

Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
While significant gains have been made by women in attaining ASX200 board positions in recent years, the same cannot be said for those striving toward senior executive positions. Speaking at a 30% Club event in Sydney this morning, Xplore for Success ...

Advice too pricey for poor Australians

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... home, to retire comfortably though expect to have accrued just over half of that when the time comes. In addition, 62% of women don't expect to have enough to retire, while only 52% of men feel the same. Interestingly, when asked which words come to ...