women's wealth

Expert Analysis

Reaching the time-pressed but investment-savvy female demographic

With more women aged 35-50 engaged in their finances and investments than ever, the cohort is a growing demographic for financial advice firms to work with, writes Nina K...

Financial planning

What women want: Changing the advice space for female clients

JBWere Australia CEO, Maria Lykouras, and a female financial adviser have underscored how advice practices can better service female clients from communication and trust ...

Financial planning

Why mindset coaching could benefit female clients

Female investors hold different financial drivers, beliefs and goals than their male counterparts, which need to be unpacked for a successful adviser-client relationship...

Financial planning

Female retirement age down but super gap persists

While the average female retirement has come down slightly in the past two years, there are still steps that can be taken by the Government to help close the 28% gender s...

Financial planning

FEW and IOOF relaunches gender equality award

The Financial Executive Women Positive Progression of Women Award aims to recognize and celebrate individuals who have promoted and contributed to supporting gender equal...

Financial planning

Hume hits back at concerns budget measures were inadequate for women

The Federal Budget has not done enough to address systemic weaknesses in the economy according to a super fund but the Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Se...

Superannuation

Super changes seek to shift scales toward women

Federal Women’s Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer, today announced a raft of policies intended to boost superannuation for women as the Government looks to act on financial gender ...

Financial planning

Women’s wealth improving but gap remains

The economic position of women is improving, with the Financy Women’s Index gaining 1.4 points from June to September....

Features

What women want from a workplace

Money Management’s 2013 Woman of the Year, Fiona Trafford-Walker, looks at steps firms can take to help overcome challenges women face in the workplace....

Features

Leadership for women

Money Management’s 2014 Woman of the Year, Andrea Slattery writes why she is an optimist for the future of women equality....

Financial planning

Women remain more concerned about finances

Figures from the Financial Planning Association of Australia showed women are more likely than men to feel stress about their financial situation....

Life/Risk

Insurance sector lags on female executive diversity

Special counsel at Hall & Wilcox, Ahranee Vijayaseelan has called out the insurance sector on its lack of gender diversity....

Superannuation

Retail funds beat industry funds for female directors

Retail funds have beaten industry funds for numbers of females and independent directors they have on their boards....

Features

Bridging the gender gap

Equal gender representation in the financial services industry remains elusive, as unconscious bias, the gender pay gap, and rigid working conditions prevent women from b...

Superannuation

Call for S&P/ASX200 companies to set benchmarks for women in leadership

HESTA chief executive Debbie Blakey has penned a letter to all S&P/ASX200 companies to call for better female representation at senior executive level....