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CBA caught out on unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... how many staff members' super balances have been impacted due to staff turnover, with the bulk of part-time staff being women working across its branch network. "We know there are 7000 part timers in CBA at the moment but there has been a regular turnover ...

Workers missing out on $147m in super: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
... among Australian workers of the $450 per month income threshold and eligibility, disproportionally affecting Australian women. According to REST chief officer Damian Hill, the fact that 40% of part-time employees and 47% of contingent workers surveyed ...

Females and Gen Y expecting less

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Australian women's expectation of a well-paid job earns $14,000 less a year than that of a man's. Research commissioned by NAB shows Australian men consider a salary of $127,271 as being well-paid, yet their female counterparts are happy to settle for ...

UniSuper partners to bridge financial literacy gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... Price found the games helped boost knowledge by up to 50%. The fund has also launched an interactive online resource for women to increase their money management skills. MoneySavvy features content covering a range of topics including general budgeting ...

Aussie firms join gender index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... diverse range of candidates for management roles. A further 83% offer or sponsor financial literacy and education programs for women, and 75% have return to work processes in place for female staff. Bloomberg head of strategy and corporate development ...

Aon Master Trust appoints new leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... governance, risk management and regulation, and has spoken at many conferences on these topics. She was NSW chair of Aon's Women's International Network (WIN) for more than five years and currently sits on the board of Basketball NSW. Dean's predecessor ...

Female-only fintech launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
In an effort to increase women's confidence in managing their finances, an ex-hedge fund manager has launched Asia's first robo-adviser exclusively for women. With Singapore's Marvelstone Capital as its fund management company, licensed robo-adviser ...

Self-doubting Aussies falling short

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... retire comfortably. However, they expect to only have $557,000 - excluding home equity - when they actually retire, with women facing a shortfall of $297,000 compared to $226,000 for males. For the first time the survey asked respondents to define 'wealth' ...

Strong SMSFs bridging gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
The average SMSF balance of females has grown 24%, demonstrating that women are becoming increasingly engaged with their superannuation. The annual self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) statistical overview released by the ATO shows that over the ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... preference by 3%, CFSGAM said. "While there were significant variations in equity preferences for males and female, with women aged above 35 holding lower equity exposures than men, women aged less than 35 actually bucked that trend," CFSGAM said. "This ...