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Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... pressure on mums to raid their retirement savings or being forced to by coercively controlling partners, she added. Women in Super also called on the Coalition to change course. Women in Super chief executive Jo Kowalczyk questioned why women are being ...

Industry demands action to stop abusers claiming victims' super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... victim's death. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Super Members Council (SMC), and Women in Super have appealed to assistant treasurer Stephen Jones and other "key ministers" to reform superannuation death benefit laws ...

'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... the gender super gap and making Australia's super system fairer," HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said. Women in Super has also long advocated for this measure, with chief executive Jo Kowalczyk saying it is a step towards a super system that ...

Legalsuper investment strategy lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... portfolios. She is a board member and secretary of the CFA Society of Melbourne, a member of the Policy Committee for Women in Super, a member of the Senior Investing Peer Advisory Group for 100 Women in Finance and an investment committee director for ...

Super funds lobby for super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
... being penalised. The group of funds, which include Aware Super, Cbus, HESTA, and AustralianSuper, together with Women In Super, say that by making the changes, it will end one of the gendered inequalities in superannuation that disproportionately punish ...

Women in Super appoints chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
Kara Keys has stepped down as chair of Women in Super, replaced by ESSSuper chief executive Robbie Campo. Women in Super confirmed the appointment of its new chair this week, with Campo stepping up from the role of policy committee chair. Keys has held ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... parental leave; for those aged under 35, this increases to 91%. Other organisations calling for the reform include Women in Super, Australian Women Lawyers Association, Early Childhood Australia, Australian Council of Social Service and Chief Executive ...

Queen's honours highlight industry veterans, ESG experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors until 2013. Byrne was also a founding member of Women in Super and remains in the industry today as a director of LUCRF Super. Joe de Bruyn was also recognised for his service to industrial ...

Women in Super names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
Women in Super appointed a new chief executive who comes with extensive experience from the education sector. Jo Kowalczyk takes the post, bringing her background in strategy, advocacy, and transformation. She was most recently the compliance and operations ...

Hejaz adds sales director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... Super, Health Super and Superpartners. She has also served as national board director for the Victorian branch of Women in Super. "While Chris' commercial acumen and background is nothing short of impressive, it was her values and passion for social ...
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