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

Search Results

Showing 1321 - 1330 of 1509 results for "Assessment"

Super funds critical on alt investment regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... regime, but there is still scope for improvement," he said. The survey recommends super funds seek an independent annual assessment of the board's performance, consistent reviews of director's remuneration levels and encouraged funds to outsource to ...

Macquarie grows Life team

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... underwriting process, procedures, guidelines and risk. Evans will be responsible for managing the immediate underwriting assessment process offered to clients through FutureWise's online platform. Robert McNeil has been appointed to Macquarie Life's ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... CSAG Terror-Free indexes were informed prior to finalising the construction and given a chance to respond to CSAG's assessment of their business operations.

Allco defends move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... "Disclosure merely that a Review Event had occurred, without reference to AFG's negotiations with its lenders and its assessment of the prospective outcome of those negotiations, would have been inadequate and would have led to uninformed negative speculation ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... provide some support for household spending during the second half of this year and into next year, he added. Bernanke's assessment echoes a just released analysis from KBC Asset Management that said, "The dominoes appear to be falling at an accelerating ...

NGS awards $150m mandate to Solaris

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... Whiteside. The Solaris Core Fund invests in a selection of listed Australian companies based on the Solaris team's assessment of long-term value. The objective of the fund is to deliver 3 per cent per annum value above the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Accumulation ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... board will examine whether there is a continuing need for the tax integrity rules in Division 6B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, in light of the operation of the capital gains tax regime, dividend imputation and Division 6C. The costs and benefits ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

... these annuity and insurance providers every day on behalf of their clients. "In a very strong sense, this part of the assessment process is consumer driven." A full coverage of the awards will be featured in the next edition of Financial Standard. Michelle ...

Sustainability the new pizzazz at nabCapital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... stocks in the so called "sustainable portfolio" of the 20 listed companies have been through rigorous screening and assessment by the Sustainable Investment Research Institute, and undergone internal compliance policy screening by NAB. The notes will ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... Strategic Value Advisers, in the next phase of its ongoing integration of environment, social and governance (ESG) risk assessment into its investment processes. CFS GAM will utilise the results of Innovest's ESG research to deliver improved risk-adjusted ...