Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Join us to close the gender pay gap and shape the industry benchmark in New Zealand’s financial services industry.

To better understand the gender pay gap across the FSC membership, the FSC Board has endorsed a proposal from the FSC’s Empower Women Working Group encouraging voluntary reporting of gender pay gap data by 31 March 2026.

FSC Empower Women Co-Chair Tracey Cross spoke at Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission’s event on the launch of their latest report, Improving Women’s Retirement Income.

On 17 September 2025, FSC Empower Women Co-Chair Tracey Cross joined a panel of leaders discussing Women, Work and Retirement, where the latest research from Te Ara Ahunga Ora, The Retirement Commission, was released.

This was the latest event in the National Strategy for Financial Capability’s Connection Series. Hosted at KPMG's offices in Auckland, the event brought together voices from across the financial services sector to tackle one of the most pressing issues facing women in Aotearoa: the gender gap in retirement income.

Access our 2025 Insights and Trends report on Women and finance in New Zealand.

Key takeaways from the report include:

• Women are more likely to understand financial concepts than men.
• Women are less confident about their financial understanding, with younger women particularly bearing the burden of financial worries compared to men.
• Over 80% of Kiwi women rate their level of financial wellbeing as moderate, low or very low, with over 70% feeling that financial wellbeing influences their overall wellbeing.