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Former Macquarie exec to head up EFIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC), the Australian Government's export credit agency, has a new managing director and chief executive, Andrew Hunter. Until last year Hunter was co-head of Macquarie's Financial Institutions Group in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... polled by Dow Jones Newswires. Separately, eurozone inflation rose to 1.6 per cent in June from 1.4 per cent in May, EU data agency Eurostat said Tuesday, with the figure for powerhouse Germany jumping from 1.6 to 1.9 per cent. HONG KONG - Asian markets ...

Super funds need more women in senior roles: WIS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... specific "gender diversity targets" - but WIS is urging super funds to adopt targets voluntarily. Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) director Helen Conway put the business case for gender diversity. "A focus on gender diversity enables organisations ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... contributions," Cormann said, adding: "Under the Coalition's proposal, small businesses will report superannuation payments to the agency that already collects their PAYG payments, rather than submitting additional forms to Medicare." Cormann said the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Prospects that Beijing would step in to provide money were dashed at the weekend when a commentary by the official Xinhua news agency said there was no shortage of funds in the financial system. NEW YORK - US stocks ended the day decisively lower on ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... devices in 2008. The Fund's investment portfolio is continually reviewed, based on information from specialist screening agency MSCI, and other reliable sources of information, to ensure its list of excluded companies remains up to date.

LinkedIn the fastest-growing tech company... again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... number one at 51%. Also registering in the top ten were laser and amplifier manufacturer IPG Photonics, stock photography agency Shutterstock, and consumer electronics company InvenSense. Forbes compiled the list by sifting through more than 2000 listed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... 12.2 per cent in April, with 19.2 million people on the dole as recession continued to sap the economy. The Eurostat data agency said on Friday that in the 12 months to April, a total 1.6 million people lost their jobs in the 17-nation eurozone. Meanwhile ...

Study highlights honesty of LinkedIn users

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... information posted on LinkedIn as trustworthy, according to a study released this week. The study, carried out by recruitment agency Robert Half, polled 150 chief executives and finance directors in Hong Kong. The majority (69%) said they 'sometimes' ...

SPAA creates head of education role

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... an education manager. Prior to joining SPAA, Ward was at AMP and was a consultant for the Financial Services Education Agency Australia. "Liz has the right skill set for this demanding role, having the experience to identify needs and find education ...