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

Search Results

Showing 101 - 110 of 22327 results for "High"

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... returns. Mercer said this serves as a reminder that investment markets are inherently volatile. "We can never predict with a high degree of confidence what the future will hold over the short to medium-term," Mercer said. "Therefore, for most individuals ...

Morningstar unsure if KKR's Perpetual bid benefits shareholders

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
Morningstar has maintained its fair value estimate of $26 per share for Perpetual stock, even after KKR confirmed it will buy its wealth management and corporate trust businesses yesterday. Morningstar analyst Shaun Ler said KKR's proposed acquisition ...

Betashares launches Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... offer attractive income potential, typically delivering returns above that of senior bank floating rate notes, along with a high degree of capital stability. At the same time, the income paid by these bonds varies in line with benchmark interest rates ...

J.P. Morgan hit with $775k penalty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
J.P. Morgan Securities Australia Limited (JPMSAL) has been hit with a $775,000 fine by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The MDP found JPMSAL permitted suspicious ...

Perennial Partners takes over Australian Unity fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Perennial Partners has agreed with Australian Unity Funds Management Limited (AUFM) to take over the investment management of the latter's Future of Healthcare Fund. AUFM will also step down as trustee of the fund, with Perennial taking over as trustee. ...

Perpetual seals $2.18bn deal with KKR, chief to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... Perpetual's Australian asset management business and the acquisitions of Trillium, Barrow Hanley and Pendal, has created a high-quality global firm. As a standalone business, it will be leaner, more agile, and fully focused on enabling our highly ...

Experts weigh in: Will the RBA hike rates again?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rate unchanged at the May meeting, as was widely expected by economists. But some have suggested another hike could be on the horizon given less than optimistic inflation data which rose 1% in the March ...

AMP launches alternative debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... credit risk transfer by purchasing credit risk notes from issuing banks insuring the first loss on a diversified pool of high-quality loans, providing regulatory capital relief to the banking institution to maintain their relevant Tier 1 capital ratios. ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... funds. An overwhelming number of members are goaded into leaving their incumbent super fund and investing their savings in high-risk property schemes, it found. These are either via platform super products offered by APRA-regulated funds or a self-managed ...

FSC launches digital advice group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
... through Parliament. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said: "Digital advice offers new and exciting ways for consumers to access high quality, affordable financial advice. The massive opportunity to deliver financial advice digitally is confronted by ...