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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Women’s Money

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has affected Australian and global economies, but Financy Women’s Index report is showing that women have been hit hardest financially, in the form of job cuts and lost income. Lara Bourguignon, Managing Director, Superannuation, Retirement and Platforms at AMP and Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, editor and founder of Financy, discusses the latest quarterly Women’s Index and the key steps women can take to protect their financial wellbeing. 0:19 – Find out about the …

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Staying afloat through the crisis

Staying afloat through the crisis If you had asked me when I wrote my last piece for Financy what I would be writing about this quarter, I could never, in a million years, have predicted that it would be about a global pandemic. We’re dealing with a health crisis that no one in our lifetime has experienced, which is having an impact on global and domestic economies that no one could have forecast. Entire industries – tourism, …

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The new decade starts on a high note for Australian women

The new decade starts on a high note for Australian women Positive news for Australian women after the economic progress measurement, the Financy Women’s Index, posted its best performance of 2019 in the December quarter. Here’s what stood out: The 2019 December quarter delivered a strong finish to the decade, helped by a number of fresh records set in women’s financial progress However, the pace of 2019 progress disappointed with a decline by over …