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Women dropping out of financial services

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Australian financial services industry is losing the war for talent and may not be able to maintain its growth if it is not able to turn the situation around. Its biggest failing has been its inability to attract women with tertiary qualifications ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... Voller said the resource sector was strong on the back of news that China's biggest aluminium producer, Chinalco, and US group Alcoa had jointly bought a 12 per cent stake in Rio Tinto Ltd on Friday. Analysts are speculating whether the move could thwart ...

Web 2.0 just the next step: iFocus

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Web 2.0 may be an 'out of control' broadcast channel, but it's a big opportunity for financial services players brave enough to climb on board, said Theresa Cunnington from the online services consultancy iFocus. Web 2.0 is sometimes spoken about as ...

Finsia members approve sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The sale of the Financial Services Institute of Australia's (Finsia) education arm to Kaplan has been approved by members. In a letter to members Finsia president, Michael Shepherd, said 60.09 per cent of members who voted were in favour of the sale ...

Bank interest comparison rate on way out

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
Just as superannuation advocates from the low-cost segment have been promoting more standardised fee measures, the model for which was the banking sector's 'comparison rate', it looks like the banking sector is set to dump its comparison measure after ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up 42 points at 5,784. On the corporate ...

AAA and Questus marching to the same drum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
Adelaide based AAA Financial Group and Western Australian based Questus Capital have entered into a strategic partnership to streamline back office and support functions and establish one of the country's largest non-aligned planner networks. The strategic ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
In the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings by the Geneva based World Economic Forum Australia has slipped from its previous position of 10th to 19th. The rankings are a result of a global Executive Opinion Survey of 11,000 business leaders in 125 ...

Age and marriage trigger retirement planning: AXA

A new study has found that most Australians only start to get serious about planning for their retirement when they hit 40 or when they get married. Investment and financial planning group AXA partnered up with the Macquarie Graduate School of Management ...

Small personal loans for low income earners: ANZ

ANZ has teamed up with non-profit religious group The Brotherhood of St Lawrence to help low-income earners gain access to small personal loans. The two have launched Progress Loans, which allows for loans of between $500 and $3,000 with loan terms ...