Advocating for change
Why and how Verve is advocating for change Currently, women in Australia are retiring with 35% less super than men. Most Australian women retire dependent on their partner or the old age pension*. Women alone can’t solve this problem. It’s not enough for individual women to be able to succeed in our current unfair system. […]
A divorce coach on speed dial – the support squad every Aussie woman needs
This article was first published in Women’s Agenda on the 10th of December 2019. A divorce strategist, career coach, and pay negotiator on speed dial – it’s the support squad that every Australian woman needs, and the latest initiative to support women build wealth by Verve Super, Australia’s first super fund for women. Lisa was 39 […]
Busting the $1 million myth — how much super do you really need to retire?
Ask Australians the big question of how much they need to retire, and many will give a big answer –‘one million dollars’. It’s the figure often thrown around as the financial retirement ideal; but for many of us, it’s enough to send us into a head-first tailspin. At Verve, we speak to women almost every […]
Women aren’t ‘bad’ with money — that’s a total fallacy
One of the first panel discussions I ever spoke on as the CEO of Verve Super was on ‘financially empowering women’, yet the moderator started with the question: “Why are women so much worse at managing money than men?”. With over 500 women in the room eager to learn and build their financial skills, I listened […]
