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

Search Results

Showing 13191 - 13200 of 15819 results for "TER"

St.George chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Paul Fegan, chief executive and managing director of St. George Bank, has announced his resignation. "Given that St.George shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed the [Westpac/St.George] merger, it's now appropriate to make my decision about the future," ...

BTIM seeks ESG credit reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
BT Investment Management's multi strategies team wants to broaden its analysis to cover each company's entire capital structure and extend its ethical fund's investment universe to investment grade credit. Robert Swift, BT Investment Management head ...

Rebalance now, reap rewards later

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Unstable markets mean investor portfolios are no longer aligned with the investor's strategic asset allocation - making it even more crucial to rebalance portfolios today to catch the market recovery. Regularly rebalancing your portfolio to ensure your ...

New chair for ASFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Greg Healy, director of AMP Corporate Superannuation, as the new Chair of the Board. Healy has been elected to succeed Rosemary Vilgan. Healy was previously Chair of the ASFA Admin and ...

Aviva pushes PRI cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
Aviva's global asset management division is launching three socially responsible investment (SRI) initiatives, including greater corporate voting actions and a renewable energy fund. Aviva Investors annual general meeting (AGM) voting practices will ...

UBS Global Access targets tough times

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
UBS Investment Bank has unveiled the latest series of the UBS Global Access Fund, which aims to provide investors with exposure to a 90 per cent capital protected investment based on three regional equities themes. "Global equity valuations are near ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher after the three day slump to a new four year low gives investors a buying opportunity, and after US stocks rebounded overnight. Energy stocks may also gain after the price of oil increased, although ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was more than four per cent lower at noon with falls in the resources and banking sectors, following a plunge on Wall Street overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 167.9 points or 4.28 per cent, at ...

HNW shell shocked about nest eggs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
A Fujitsu survey found high net wealth Australians are seven times more concerned now about their retirement savings than they were a few months ago as equity markets continue to crack their nest eggs. Martin North, Fujitsu managing director of consulting ...

US resi housing collapse hits CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The $296 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has suffered a 35 per cent write-down in the market value of its $15 billion residential housing portfolio. Latest figures from CalPERS' assessment of its housing portfolio showed ...