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

Search Results

Showing 1071 - 1080 of 3291 results for "Above"

Chief economist update: ECB on track for exit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... "unusually strong growth" of the last three quarters of 2017. Even so, "all indicators have now stabilised at levels that are above historical averages." Draghi remains uncertain on inflation though, noting that while headline CPI rose to 2% in June ...

FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... any adviser that takes a career break of less than two years be able to return without additional requirements over and above professional and education standards for existing advisers. Where longer breaks are taken, those advisers will undertake appropriate ...

Wealthier Aussies seeking advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... the top-scoring quintile and FG being the lowest. Victorians (11.4%) and men (10.5%) are the only other cohorts with an above average tendency to seek advice. More than a third of advised clients bank with Commonwealth Bank (34.6%), which is significantly ...

REIT trust manager steps down

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... knowledge of CMA assets." Australian REITs had a good second quarter, returning 9.8% according to J.P. Morgan. This was above Australian equities (8.5%), developing markets equity (5.9%), global fixed income (0.9%), Australian fixed income (0.8%), cash ...

Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... financial services employees are experiencing ongoing stress in their job, a statistic which places financial services 9% above the national average. Additionally, one-third of financial services staff believe their employer has created a mentally healthy ...

ESG considerations material to long-term success

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... sacrificing returns in the long run. The ESG researcher said ASX200 companies it had labelled with high ESG scores performed above the ASX200 average, while those with lower ESG scores underperformed the average. Regnan and former Association of Superannuation ...

Mercantile takeover of private equity fund moves ahead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... superior proposal, with the Mercantile Investment Company subsidiary offering 7.75 cents in cash per IPE share - a 23% premium above the last traded price before the offer of $0.063 per share. Originally announced to the market early last month, the ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... accordance with the law when it sold the policy. "However, as an act of goodwill, we will refund all premiums paid on the above policies, currently 40 totalling $1,890.34, subject to your client's authorisation for us to cancel their policies," Let's ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis, which found five specialist roles recorded significant ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis, which found five specialist roles recorded significant ...