Does Australia need a small business bank? Canada has one, Britain financiers are planning one, but the Australian government has rejected the need. Oliver Milman from Startup Smart reports.
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15 podcasts that will make you richer
Business Pundit has compiled a list of 15 top podcasts on finance, investing, marketing and more, to help get to know money better and, hopefully, learn how to make a whole lot more of it.
Much work to do to close the gap on women’s pay
Why is there such a significant pay gap between men and women, considering women are now better educated, more likely to be in paid work and there are measures in place supposedly to deal with prejudice?
G20 ends era of unregulated international finance
It won’t quite bring transnational corporations to heel, but life for the financial branch of that family is going to get a whole lot less private, writes Bernard Keane.
Swan goes to debt peddler for financial advice
The appointment of Steve Sargent, CEO of GE Australia and New Zealand, to Wayne Swan’s Financial Sector Advisory Council, will raise eyebrows within consumer and financial advisory circles, writes Glenn Dyer.
Ramming the shears: non-bank home lending plummets
Home lending by non-bank lenders fell in a heap in September, with raw figures showing a 22% plunge in the number of home loans made, writes Glenn Dyer.
