Dispatches: financial service is still a man's world, says survey

Women in the Australian financial services industry do not feel they are afforded the same opportunities as their male counterparts. That is the bottom line of research undertaken by the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia), which canvassed the opinions of 800 of its members. (Money Management)

Nearly one third of Australian bank employees are worried about their customers' ability to repay loans, while nearly half say they are under pressure to push more credit on customers even when not requested by them, a study shows. (The Age)

Morgan Stanley's head of mergers and acquisitions for Asia Pacific excluding Japan, Edward King, has left the US bank to join Barcalys. (The Australian)