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

Search Results

Showing 101 - 110 of 282 results for "Sharpe"

No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
As APRA raises the bar for the superannuation sector, trustees are readying themselves for discomfort. But the prudential regulator believes the pain is necessary for improving member outcomes. Addressing the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Culture change must not be a fad: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
APRA chair Wayne Byres told Australia's banking lobby that changes to the sector's culture cannot disappear once the spotlight moves away. Speaking at the Australian Banking Association's national economic series in Sydney on Wednesday, Byres said APRA's ...

Secrets to selling revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Standards International founder Michelle Hoskin gives her tips for successfully selling a financial advice business. Appearing at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, Hoskin revealed that businesses she had coached were worth ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
The strong US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 224,000 in June, beating expectations for a 160,000 gain and a sharp rebound from the 72,000 added in the previous month - failed to remove or even reduce the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
There's no question about it, for sure and for certain the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide ...

Best-performing funds with least risk

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... deviation or downside deviation (measure of the volatility of returns that fall below a return target). The other three were Sharpe ratio (a popular return per unit of risk measure), Omega ratio (probability-weighted ratio of gains over losses for a ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is set to be remembered in history as the man who took Australia's official cash rate from a historic low of 1.5% - set under Glen Stevens one month before he stepped down as RBA head honcho in September ...

Reforming bank culture rests on regulators: Silk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
The chief executive of Australia's largest superannuation fund is pinning his hopes on the regulators to transform the culture of the big banks and retail sector. AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk says he's doubtful that the organisations called ...

APRA sets sights on 2019 targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
APRA has outlined its policy focus for the remainder of the year following the Royal Commission. Releasing its annual policy priorities document this week, the prudential regulator said it would build on the work it began last year, while taking into ...

Prime Value recruits former super fund chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
Prime Value Asset Management recruited former Christian Super chief executive Peter Murphy to its client services team as a strategic adviser. The appointment is off the back of the boutique fund manager expanding its institutional arm via several alternative ...