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

Search Results

Showing 1361 - 1370 of 1807 results for "Bill 2013"

Advisers in clean bill of health

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
Advisers are taking an active approach to their own health, according to the 2010 Zurich Heart Foundation Heart Health Index. One in three advisers have made changes to reduce their risk of heart disease in the last six months with even more reporting ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
For a while there I thought that October would just sail past smoothly - just like this year's September proved that it is not always the worst month for equities. Disappointment was all over Wall Street overnight - big time with its tree major stock ...

Bad news is good news is bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... government - to pay for its debts if he's dead? In the name of reducing its budget deficit, the US passed the healthcare reform bill - an extra cost to employers. In the name of reducing the budget deficit, Obama is reportedly planning to propose a VAT ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
Australian stocks were lower at noon, with weakness among the resources and banking sector dragging the broader market down. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 42.5 points, or 0.92 per cent, at 4,582.8, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

AMP appoints business partnership manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
AMP Financial Planning has appointed former Westpac lead state banker David Randall to the newly created role of business partnership manager. Randall will look after North Queensland, covering the area north from Rockhampton and west to Mt Isa. AMP ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed a new risk manager and created a new 'sustainability manager' role. The super fund has appointed former Commonwealth Bank of Australia compliance expert Hannah Deukmejian as risk manager where she will be responsible ...

Non super advice takes off: StatewideSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
StatewideSuper has seen an increase in members seeking non-super advice - prompting the fund to renew its focus on holistic planning services. StatewideSuper's internal financial planning arm has been in place since 2004. In the past year, the fund's ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Bill Shorten, former Parliamentary secretary for disability services and AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation director, has been appointed minister for superannuation while former superannuation minister Chris Bowen takes on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Thursday after Wall Street and European bourses closed higher. At 0743 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points higher at 4,568 points, with ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
With the dust settled on reporting season, Goldman Sachs Asset Management head of Australian equities Dion Hershan said that Australian equities look selectively attractive. Hershan said that while the last reporting season pointed to healthy balance ...