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Women make up 30 pc of trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
Days after Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young called for 40 per cent of board 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 ...

Fund managers to tap gov't capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... support program, the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF). Opening the latest application round last Friday, innovation minister senator Kim Carr said the fund has been an important catalyst for building new innovative businesses, developing fund managers ...

ADHD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... healthcare system - reportedly unpopular among Americans. Mr. Brown eventually won the seat held by the late Democratic Senator Edward M. Kennedy for almost half a century. "And the lights all went out in Massachusetts...I will remember Massachusetts." ...

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... per cent level considered full capacity. Benny Bernanke noted this too when in his written reply to Kentucky Republican Senator Jim "you are the definition of moral hazard" Bunning, he said that, " The bulk of the evidence indicates that resource slack ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The Liberal Party political implosion, if it leads to a double dissolution election, is not just about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme but could also change the course of financial services reforms. A double dissolution election could lead to ...

Govt selects Medicare to run national clearinghouse

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... such as the delayed decision on the clearinghouse system. At the time the clearinghouse was proposed, then super minister Senator Nick Sherry said the government would look to the private sector to come up with the solution. But the role went to Medicare ...

Costello lands MD role at advisory firm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... executive director at Capital Investment Group, Bernard Curran, who was appointed partner at the firm and former Australian senator, Stephen Loosely, appointed advisory director.

BNY Mellon opens for insto banking

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... institutional banking providers a run for their money after its local arm officially opens for insto banking this month. Senator Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer, was at the Sydney launch of the group's new service last night. He said that the local ...

Day of silence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... Street and European markets did overnight. Flat, flat, flat. Perhaps they took a one-day of silence to show respect for US Senator Edward Kennedy. Senator Ted passed away yesterday, aged 77. Or maybe they're just taking a deep breath in preparation for ...