KUALA LUMPUR: A financial qualification or a background which demonstrates substantial financial acument are seen as catalysts for women getting onto the boards of FTSE 100 Index companies, said a report by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
The report, ‘Women in finance: A springboard to corporate board positions?’, said proportionally, women appeared to be more successful in attaining executive roles where they had a financial background…article

Juncker backs French woman to head new bank supervisor

The head of the European Union’s new banking regulator should be a woman and in this first instance, come from France, according to outgoing eurozone head Jean-Claude Juncker…
… on Thursday also revealed that the job to lead the eurozone’s new bank supervision body would go to a French woman. “I am totally in favor of having a female representative,” he said. “It will be done, and (she) will be French.”
He did not elaborate but French media reports pointed to Daniele Nouya top official at the Banque de France…article

IT’S not the sort of advice you would expect to hear this holiday season, but chair of the National Family Planning Board, Dr Sandra Knight, did not mince words when she implored women to become more independent instead of depending on men for things…Artikel

…In a country where many borrowers without access to formal financial institutions are forced to offset decades-old loans by marrying their female family members off to predatory private lenders, the importance of financial inclusion cannot be overemphasised…article

Forget the “fiscal cliff”, it will be women who save the economy, according to the “Sage of Omaha”.

Warren Buffett: ‘What a waste of human talent – 50pc of the population was pushed off into the corner for 200 years”…article

The need for retirement security cuts across all social, gender and ethnic lines. The fact is, everyone is going to age and will need support after leaving the workforce. Studies show that women approach this issue differently than men, and women of different ethnicities have varying viewpoints when it comes to setting financial goals…article

Increasing women’s access to finance can boost economic development
KATHMANDU Women entrepreneurs could play a more significant role in Nepal´s economic development if financial institutions address their financing needs with suitable offerings, a study conducted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, shows…Artikel

Big changes have taken place in the attitudes of Russian families toward finances over the last 15-20 years. Equal control of family budgets by both spouses has been gradually shifting in favor of control by one partner or the other. Who ends up in the role of household “finance minister” depends on a number of important factors…article