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

Search Results

Showing 1201 - 1210 of 2357 results for "Stage"

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... through their weight behind H2Ocean, the brainchild of H2 Ventures, which aimed to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. The venture was officially launched by Treasurer Scott Morrison and has the backing of financial industry ...

Advice firm creates aged care subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... also met. "It's such a difficult area to be able to navigate, there are so many financial decisions associated with this stage of life - whether to liquidate assets, whether to set up an annuity, what's the best investment option - so it's just about ...

AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Coinciding with its 70th anniversary, the Association of Financial Advisers launched an initiative to encourage member engagement at the grassroots level. New president Marc Bineham told Financial Standard the association has learned a lot of lessons ...

Aon Master Trust appoints new leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... executive Steven Gaffney said: "We are excited to have Jennifer take on this new role, especially as we go through the next stage of evolution, focused on re-framing our offering to ensure critical market and client relevance." "Jennifer's intellect ...

Mercer undergoes global restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... respond even more quickly to clients' needs and empowers local management to make more local decisions." It's unclear at this stage whether there have been any redundancies as a result of the restructure - Mercer did not comment on this directly - but ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... as demand for infrastructure has increased over the last decade, greater competition for assets - particularly secondary stage assets in developed economies - has pushed valuations upwards. Low interest rates have also contributed to higher pricing demands ...

Regulator finalises ANZ compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... recommendations for OnePath, four of which have been implemented; the remaining two will be addressed in early 2017. At this stage, neither ANZ nor ASIC were able to disclose the details of the recommendations to Financial Standard. ASIC mandated the ...

mFund to expand product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC is in the final stages of making a greater range of managed investment products available via the mFund Settlement Service. Until now retail investors could only apply for and redeem interests in simple managed investment schemes with a shorter ...

NZ SMEs to receive $260m VC boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... operating at the larger end of the growth spectrum, Pioneer working with mid-market companies and Movac focused on earlier stage, high-growth tech companies. NZ Super Fund chief investment officer Matt Whineray said the fund has been successfully investing ...

Turnbull putting industry fund governance back on the table

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Speaking at a Financial Services Council breakfast in Sydney, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would use 2017 to address inconsistencies in super fund governance. He suggested that at present, super fund governance standards are not applied equally ...