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Australians undecided about higher super for women

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... are undecided whether women should be paid a higher rate of superannuation to address the current retirement savings gender gap. According to a Sunsuper commissioned survey of more than 1500 Australians, answers were split almost equally when respondents ...

Paying super on parental leave could help gender gap: Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... businesses don't pay superannuation whilst employees are on parental leave, adding another hurdle to addressing the super gender gap according to Mercer. The global investment and retirement consultant released its 2015 Gender Equity Report today, which ...

Government should super seed low income earners

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... income Australians between 27 and 36 years old. Known as "Super Seed" the payment would help bridge the superannuation gender gap as well as leverage compound interest. "The proposal turns on its head the idea of just making catch up contributions later ...

Scrapping LISC was shameful and retrograde: Bowen

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). Bowen argued that with this measure "the government is helping cement the gender gap." In Australia, females in every single industry are paid less and the average income gap between men and women is 19%. Bowen ...

Super gender gap large, but closing

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
The gap in the average super balances of men and women has closed considerably in the last decade but is still a major problem, the latest research from Roy Morgan shows. In the 12 months to June 2015, women with superannuation had an average balance ...

Super groups call for women Senate review

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia believes the first step in addressing the super gender gap is creating a fairer taxation system. "The reality is, the system as it stands currently is stacked in favour of high income ...

In the archives: Mavis Robertson on the importance of more women on boards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... have done far better than listed companies, but given the talent pool left untapped, trustees can do more to fix the gender gap within their ranks. Back in 2010, Financial Standard attended the Women in Super roundtable where leading superannuation executives ...

AIST and Mercer launch new super tracker

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015
... will affect this system. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the initiative will have the ability to track the super gender gap, overall adequacy of super, as well as the fairness of Government support for the super system across various income levels. ...

Research reveals gender gap in share appetite

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
Women under the age of 35 have a greater preference for shares than their male counterparts, according to the latest findings of the CFSGAM-UWA Business School Equity Preference Index (EPI). The research, conducted jointly between Colonial First State ...

AIST champions more women on Super boards

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... directors. She also added that having more women sit on super fund boards would ensure more is done to address the gender gap in retirement savings. EOWA director Helen Conway endorsed the 40% target. "There remains an unacceptably low level of women ...