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Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT | MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014

... industry when it was unfashionable for women to have a career. She worked for the United States Army in Sydney during World War II and, once the war was over, for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). She then went on to ...

Advisers, get ready to manage the baby boomer wave

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013

... generation. "You all know the previous generation is different because they are your parents, they lived through World War II and they are frugal," he said. However, baby boomers today are more financially educated, more demanding and will be having ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013

... specialist Philippe Jauer. "When you look back to past crisis such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the end of World War II, the Fed didn't scale back its position."

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011

... 1700 (AEST) on Friday, the local unit traded between 103.15 US cents and 104.81 cents. The US dollar hit a new post World War II low against the yen after a Wall Street Journal report cited Japan's top currency official saying Japanese authorities do ...

Fin services lend weight to East Timor education

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011

... really our way of saying thank you after 40,000 East Timorese lost their lives fighting alongside our Diggers in World War II," said Ian. "Aussies never let down their mates, this is one way we can help," he said.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011

... March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left 26,000 dead or missing and plunged Japan into its worst crisis since World War II. Seoul jumped 1.67 per cent. Hong Kong and Shanghai were among a number of markets closed for a public holiday. The Nikkei closed ...

Game changer

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011

... situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the past 65 years since World War II." It may well be, perhaps even worse. To this day, the growing toll and extent of the devastation from the quake/tsunami/nuclear ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010

... governments - they got tighter fiscal spending. These policies all prolonged the depression. The irony of it all is that World War II saved the world economy back then. Suddenly government's found an unquestionable reason to spend... and they spent big. ...

Recession over, now for the recession

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010

... the beginning of an expansion. The recession lasted 18 months, which makes it the longest of any recession since World War II. Previously the longest postwar recessions were those of 1973-75 and 1981-82, both of which lasted 16 months." With these words ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010

... policy makers have said growth may lose steam as the government implements the biggest public spending cuts since World War II and the global economy cools." Good now, convulsions later. But back in North America, the Bank of Canada raised interest rates ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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