Equity Your 5 biggest super questions answered Women retire with a third of the superannuation men do. We discuss how to grow and safeguard your nest egg. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Equity Your 5 biggest super questions answered Women retire with a third of the superannuation men do. We discuss how to grow and safeguard your nest egg. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article The female-dominated job that makes teachers look well-paid Next article Future Women Celebrates NAIDOC Week 2022: Transcript Superannuation is confusing. It’s so confusing that, truthfully, losing tens of thousands of dollars almost seems like a fair price to never think about it. But given that women retire with 24 percent less than their male counterparts, braving complexity and equipping ourselves with the facts and tools to retire comfortably has never been more crucial. So that’s what we set out to do. Future Women’s Tarang Chawla sat down with Mariam Mohammed, co-founder of MoneyGirl; Kara Keys, Chair of Women in Super; Georgie Dent, Executive Director at The Parenthood; and Sharon Blair, Education Manager at HESTA, to answer all our burning super questions. What are the different types of superannuation funds? There are three different types of superannuation funds. Private (also known as a retail fund), industry super fund and self managed super funds. To keep it simple, most profits are distributed between private and industry super funds. gold membership platinum+ membership Best of Future Women Money What’s the cost of being comfy? By jitendermittal Money Is your money working as hard as you? By jitendermittal Money Why mid-life investing can make all the difference (especially for women) By jitendermittal Money How motherhood hits your financial future (and what to do about it) By Jamila Rizvi Money Is your takeaway coffee costing you 100k? By jitendermittal Equity New interactive series highlights what determines women’s financial fate By jitendermittal Equity A sneak peek inside the sold-out budget event By jitendermittal Equity Inside the shared joke between Gallagher and Wong By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
