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Zurich appoints former Lazard CEO in super role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... executive of Lazard Asset Management, a position she held for three years. She was also previously a committee member of Women in Super and director strategy of MLC/Lend Lease. Roberts is also chair of the investor working group 30% Club Australia, an ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... Australia was 82.4 years. This was 11.9 years higher than the world average of 70.5 years in 2010-2015." "For both men and women, Australia has a higher life expectancy than similar countries such as Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USA," ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... national economic benefit. This investment success of the Future Fund's Board of Guardians - its 9-member board includes four women - has given the government the confidence to award them mandates to manage four other nation building funds bringing the ...

CBA reinforces gender equality through financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... a number of recommendations to its in-school financial literacy program in a bid to foster the financial empowerment of women and girls. CBA engaged Our Watch, the national foundation to prevent violence against women and children, to review its Start ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... in the financial advice industry but notes more needs to be done to keep the momentum and conversations going. "The more women that take that leap of faith and jump into executive roles, leadership roles, the more they do that then they're showing the ...

ACSI calls time on all-male boards

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... running out before votes are made against sitting directors. The ultimatum follows ACSI's target, announced in 2015, for women to comprise 30% of boards on every ASX 200 company - the argument being that "suitably diverse" boards would deliver better ...

Advisers must understand psychological differences

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... new NAB research shows. The research shows there are three regions of the brain that are anatomically different in men and women, which may have a major impact in financial decision making. NAB Asset Management portfolio specialist, Kajanga Kulatunga ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... Andrea Slattery said a reduced concessional contribution cap will disproportionately affect older workers, in particular women and those who are self-employed. Following the release of SMSF Association/Rice Warner research on the subject, Slattery explained ...

Former AustralianSuper chair joins ME board

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees, and Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and is a member of Chief Executive Women. "Elana brings a wealth of leadership and business skills and is a fantastic addition to the ME Board," the bank's chairman ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Services has received this year's AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award at the annual Association of Financial Advisers ...