The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 11441 - 11450 of 12425 results for "Focus"

Market wrap - morning

AAP | THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006

... softer on some weaker metals prices and a sluggish offshore lead with takeover activity continuing to dominate investors' focus. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the December share price index contract was down three points at 5,423. Qantas ...

Engineering expert joins AllianceBernstein resources team

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006

... in materials, science and engineering, will have responsibility for a range of sectors though resources will be his main focus initially. He will be based in Sydney.

Small cap returns abound for the skilled: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006

... concerned with directions of markets as we are with just trying to turn over as many stones as we can along the way." The focus on meeting management and fundamental stock picking seems to have paid off for the Pengana Emerging Companies Fund which ...

ANZ FP to focus on maintaining its muscle

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006

... However, he said that with the increasing competition to secure quality planners ANZ FP would be changing its recruitment focus. "Because banks are the nurseries for most planner recruitment it's becoming very tight between us, so we are going to change ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006

... annual general meetings as do Mortgage Choice and Mayne Pharma. Trade in Telstra stock is expected to continue to be a market focus today after the telco's instalment receipts hit the exchange yesterday. The Australian stock market closed in negative ...

Failure to focus on after-tax letting down members

HAMISH MADDEN | MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006

... after-tax results. "If you measure and remunerate managers on an after-tax basis, that's the only way you'll get them to focus on it 100 per cent."

Lonsec expands sales and marketing arm

... offerings to financial planners. "John's is a senior appointment to our business. His extensive industry experience and focus on meeting client needs significantly enhances our ability to service existing and future Lonsec clients," said Grant Kennaway ...

Market Wrap

AAP | THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006

The Australian sharemarket is expected to open in positive territory helped by a gains in US indices and higher prices for industrial metals. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0907 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up six points at 5,432. ...

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006

Fitch Ratings is optimistic China's economic growth will be unaffected by slowing US growth. James McCormack, head of Asia sovereigns at Fitch ratings, told the Global Structured Finance Conference 2006 Asia, being held in Beijing this week, that a ...

MLC pools developed and emerging markets portfolios

Multi-manager giant MLC is the seed investor to Capital International's new 'All Country World' (ACWI) strategy, which combines investments in both developed markets and emerging markets under one roof. MLC investment manager Michelle Heinrich said ...

PAGE:

1145

Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

Videos

Brought to you by

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

Follow the leaders

Strength amid noise

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Geelong

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Blake Briggs

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

READ MORE