GENDER

Financial planning

Research from Fidelity has found Australian women are more confident in managing their money but more concerned about the gender pay gap and rising costs. ...

Editorial

As women’s investment behaviour continues to evolve, industry professionals argue that financial advisers are missing out on a promising group of clients....

Financial planning

The education provider has opened applications for 12 Women in Finance scholarships, marking the third year of the initiative. ...

Financial planning

A survey by Netwealth has detailed the factors that women value when it comes to selecting a financial adviser and where advisers have room for improvement....

Funds management

There’s been progress towards addressing the gender gap this past year, but there’s still work to be done in an industry that has been historically male dominated. ...

People & Products

While progress has been made on ASX boards and committees, gender balance hasn’t reached the chair level yet, a new diversity report has found....

Funds management

Frontier analysis has found there are no longer any all-male global equity investment management teams compared to 19% in 2018 but 15% of Australian equity teams still ha...

Financial planning

A Monash University-led report has found women continue to have lower incomes and less superannuation than men, which is negatively affecting their health and wellbeing....

People & Products

While there have been improvements to hiring of women in financial services, the next issue to tackle was promotion and retention as women say they have struggled to see ...

Funds management

A Financial Services Council survey has found that women on average make up only 27% of investment teams....

Financial planning

The FWX has increased to 73.3 points out of 100, thanks to gender gap improvements in board leadership, education, and underemployment....

Financial planning

Failing to engage women at university to pursue technical areas such as investment management or financial planning means they are unlikely to follow them at a later date...

Financial planning

Financial planning remains a male-dominated industry and women are held back by fear from making job moves to senior appointments....

Financial planning

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has released data revealing women only make up 9.5% of board chair roles and 6.5% of chief executive roles across the A...

Funds management

The Global Impact Initiative has announced the launch of its Global Gender Equality Fund focused on companies which promote and recognise gender equality....

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