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Mentoring opportunity for women in finance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
A mentoring program has been launched for women working in finance. The program is designed to help attract more women to the industry and tackle issues surrounding the shortage of women on company boards and in senior roles. Women in Finance (WIF) ...

Labor moves to justify super existence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the superannuation system and the need to grow it further, as it continues to be used as a prominent figure on the political battleground. In defence of on-going criticism from the opposition party on ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The Australian share market was weaker on Thursday following negative offshore leads overnight. At 1230 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 19.4 points, or 0.43 per cent, at 4,513.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index fell 17.8 points ...

Tax agreement between Aus and Liechtenstein

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Tax avoiders can no longer flee to high net wealth haven Liechtenstein after it and Australia have signed a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA), building stronger economic and trading ties between the two nations. Liechtenstein is the 28th jurisdiction ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market has received a mostly negative lead from offshore trading, after Wall Street closed lower and copper prices settled weaker. But oil, gold and silver prices ended firmer. At 0743 AEST, the September share price index futures ...

Trust Company benefiting from global flows

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
The Trust Company is increasing its footprint as a trustee in Asia, winning new bond mandates while also seeing inbound investment flows from Canada and Europe. Talking at the company's 2011 annual general meeting, chairman Bruce Corlett said the Trust ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
Fund managers will not need to rebalance their investment weightings as global index provider MSCI today announced it would not upgrade South Korea and Taiwan from emerging market to developed market status. The move has been under discussion for years ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
Australian shares have opened slightly weaker, despite positive leads from the US and Europe, after a strong day of local trading on Monday. At 1010 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 6.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, at 4,578.5, while the broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
The Australian stock market was firmer at noon, as negative offshore leads gave way to improved investor sentiment after the release of domestic jobs data for May. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 17.2 points, or 0.38 per cent, at ...