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

Search Results

Showing 1331 - 1340 of 6313 results for "Stocks"

Altair appoints heads of research

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... holds a PhD in Medicine and has had a career that includes medical research roles and extensive experience in analysing stocks and managing equity portfolios. "For Altair, it is all about creating and delivering an institutional investment approach/solution ...

How to get private equity returns from listed stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Investors can get two-thirds of the excess return offered by private equity from targeted listed stocks, according to researchers from State Street and Windham Capital Management who say this nullifies the need to allocate to the asset class unless ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... McCarthy said the local bourse was bouncing back after Monday's negative momentum with the banks, telcos and healthcare stocks leading the way. "The yield play is back on," he said. "It looks like the start of the European Central Bank's buying program ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... cent, at 5,821.3. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 75.6 points, or 1.29 per cent, at 5,793. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have notched solid gains following the launch of Apple's smartwatch and a General Motors announcement of $US5 billion ($A6.4 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... points while the broader All Ordinaries index lost 5.1 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 5,868.6 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have finished sharply lower after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The share market has opened flat as strength in high-yield bank stocks is balanced out by weak energy and mining sectors. IG market strategist Evan Lucas says the market is repositioning itself into high-yield stocks in expectation of an upcoming rate ...

Netwealth launches global stocks trading service

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... Netwealth and Citi have partnered to launch an international securities trading service that allows advisers to trade global stocks on behalf of their investment and superannuation clients. The Global Market Access service allows advisers to place trades ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... market looks set to open flat after a lacklustre finish on Thursday and an unriveting performance on Wall Street where stocks lifted slightly. At 0840 AEDT on Friday, the share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,894. In local economic ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... healthcare and diversified financial sectors a day after the Reserve Bank of Australia left its interest rate on hold. Those stocks were sold off "fairly savagely" following the central bank's decision to leave the cash rate on hold at a record low of ...

European insurers attract dividend seekers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Low European interest rates pushing investors to find higher yielding stocks is encouraging them to reconsider the insurance sector. An investment briefing released by Amundi Asset Management said the insurance sector, after strong focus on derisking ...