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

Search Results

Showing 1071 - 1080 of 1331 results for "AFFECTED"

QIC splits Aussie eq into boutiques

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2009
... some staffing implications as a result of these decisions, including redundancies, however where possible the people affected have been redeployed to emerging and growing areas of the business in line with our new strategy. "The new business strategy ...

Boost allocation to top active managers: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... global financial crisis has made it difficult for investors to access capital, regulatory constraints on short selling has affected how stocks are correctly valued and higher transaction costs means many investors are locked out of these opportunities. ...

Not bullish enough, maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... millennium. Then, the US was in recession from the first to the third quarter of 2001. Of course, like today, Australia was affected. Our real GDP contracted by 0.93 per cent in the last quarter of 2000. Headline inflation fell from 6.1 per cent to 5.8 ...

Bookmakers Super hit by liquidity issues

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... and property. The global credit crisis has resulted in some of the Balanced Investment Strategies mortgage loans being affected. This means the fund was forced to cut the book value of some of those mortgage loans, which in-tern impacted the overall ...

Aon awards mandate to Vanguard

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... noted the statement. As a result of the mandate changes, there will be a minor revision to the investment strategies of affected options to reflect the investment style employed by Vanguard. There will also be alterations to the benchmark indices for ...

Planning firms on buying spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... on life insurance in particular have been on a better boat and are more willing to buy as their bottom lines were less affected by the plunge in equities markets. "What we try and understand is [companies'] revenue mix. "It may not have been too relevant ...

AXA Asia Pac half year net profit up 187pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2009
... year - "strong results" underpinned by the group's revenue bias towards the Asian region. "Whilst all markets have been affected by the global financial crisis, the economies in Asia, from where we derive approximately two thirds of our earnings, are ...

CBA extends Storm payments suspension

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
Commonwealth Bank customers affected by the collapse of Storm Financial are given another month's reprieve to pay their interest payments. The bank has extended the moratorium on interest payments until 30 September 2009 to allow eligible customers ...

Push for redemption freeze lifts: PASL

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2009
... required to implement the freezes and, more importantly, whether they had determined that unit holders' rights would not be affected. "It seems like the superannuation funds have accepted that they're unable to seek redress and must wait patiently until ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... cent, to settle at 896.42. LONDON - Leading European stock exchanges showed few signs of life in sluggish trade still affected by disappointing US employment figures from the previous day. The London FTSE 100 index edged up 2.01 points or 0.05 per cent ...