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Mother's Day Classic raises $4.5m for breast cancer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... Bendigo and Ballarat to small towns such as Tannum Sands (QLD) and Broome (WA)," she said. "In a first this year, two international events were held - one in Afghanistan and one in United Arab Emirates, involving Australian defence force personnel on ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

ASIC chair defends against media 'smear'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Parliament, and that is something we take very seriously," he said. Medcraft also defended his position as chair of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) against "critical media reports". "This is a role I was elected to by ...

Women in Banking and Finance hunt for CEO

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... Pottinger vice president Olivia Loadwick. WiBF was founded in 2000 and its membership includes over 35 Australian and international financial institutions as well as associated legal and professional services firms.

Need action on diversity not just a policy: ACSI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013
... Superannuation Investors says that just having a policy isn't enough, it's results that count. The ASX this morning, on International Womens Day, released research showing that 93% of S&P/ASX200 companies and 58% of ASX500 have a diversity policy. The ...

Economist and former EU commissioner appointed Italian PM designate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... continuing to mount on Europe's other troubled member, Greece, amid reports troika representatives (inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central bank and EU) are due to arrive in Athens today, to ensure the country's new prime ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... within the financial advice industry. It will be rolled out around Australia in May, to coincide with the 100th International Women's Day calendar and the United Nations 'Equality Means Business' agenda. "Our own statistics show us that although women ...

HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... returning positive results. The stand-out performer for the leading health and community services sector fund was International Shares with a 3 per cent gain in the volatile class. In second place with a solid 1.4 per cent rise was the Eco Pool - a welcome ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... that's ailing Australia's miners? It tells us that Australia continue to march to the drumbeat of the vagaries of the international financial markets. And at the moment...uncertainty continues to reign. This day we may have a fresh PM and hope to reboot ...

Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... directors of Australia's Top 200 ASX listed companies to be women, research by Rainmaker released today on International Women's Day confirmed that not even not-for-profit funds would pass muster against this criteria. Senator Hanson-Young last week ...