Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 10511 - 10520 of 19601 results for "RIS"

Hedge fund allocators pick unstable funds

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
In terms of hedge fund size, there is a sweet spot in which it is easiest to operate, but which the vast majority of allocators are ignoring, according to FRM chief investment officer Keith Haydon. Addressing representatives of the Australian and global ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The typical billionaire has a net worth of US$3.1 billion and is 63 years old, according to a new global wealth survey by Wealth-X and UBS. In the Pacific region including Australia, 34 billionaires control a total of US$97 billion between them. However ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Yesterday we found out that financial markets' worry about the Fed was too much ado about "considerable time". Any moment now, we'll get to know how the land of "Braveheart" and scotch on the rocks - Scotland - voted with regards to their divorce with ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher, with solid gains on Wall Street overnight. The December share price index futures contract is up 30 points at 5,432. The Dow and S&P 500 have bolted to fresh records on continued momentum from Wednesday's ...

Expand PLS to all age pensioners: TAI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Pensions Loan Scheme (PLS) for full age pensioners should be extended to all age pensioners who need an easy way to increase their retirement income, said a leading think tank. The Australia Institute (TAI), a progressive think tank based in Canberra ...

ASIC reviews FoFA progress

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have had little effect on either adviser numbers or the type of financial advice AFS licensees provide, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In its review on the implementation ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees who want to enter into a limited recourse borrowing arrangement should be forced to seek financial advice, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) ...

How to win family office mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Don't even think about approaching a family office for an investment mandate if you don't have market beating returns and be prepared to wait years to earn their trust, a panel of family office executives has said. Addressing an audience of fund managers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
After five straight sessions finishing lower, the Australian share market has opened higher on reports of a new Chinese stimulus plan and a rise in commodity prices. Wall Street stocks rallied overnight on reports that the People's Bank of China is ...

AllianceBernstein set to launch three renminbi funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
Global fund manager AllianceBernstein is set to launch three more China funds after receiving a licence in the Chinese government's Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The scheme allows non-Chinese financial institutions ...