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

Search Results

Showing 1481 - 1490 of 3002 results for "February 11"

Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear the stories of 11 AFA members who raised more than $40,000 in completing the Kokoda Trail and increasing awareness of veteran suicide and PTSD. An AFA Foundation initiative saw the group trek 96 kilometres ...

No more slack?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
It was the surprise that wasn't. US non-farm payrolls declined by 33,000 in September and it followed an upwardly revised 169,000 gain (from +156,000) in the previous month. Sure the extent of the fall was less than market consensus for a 100,000 addition ...

Cromwell divests IOF, reopens fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
ASX-listed Cromwell Property Group will sell its entire stake in an office fund and reopen another fund to investors for $30 million in additional funding. Cromwell will sell down its 9.89% stake in the Investa Office Fund (IOF) to Investa Property ...

Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...

ASIC confirms new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
ASIC has appointed a new chief information officer. Jo Harper has been acting information chief since February following Wendy Bryant's departure and has now been confirmed in the role. She joined ASIC in 2013 as senior manager, IT assurance and later ...

The trillion dollar pension fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
On September 19 one of the world's largest pension funds hit US$1 trillion. "I don't think anyone expected the fund to ever reach US$1 trillion dollars," Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Yngve Slyngstad said. "Reaching US$1 trillion ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Governor Philip Lowe's statement explaining the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monetary policy decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 1.5% at their 5 September Board meeting, revealed the Australian central bank's optimism over the international ...

The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Now that's how you jawbone a currency. The British pound soared to pre-Brexit levels against the US dollar and the Japanese yen - and to a two-month high against the strengthening euro - at the close of last week's trading. And no, it's not because ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
The overall performance of the active management industry is clouded by some well-known and widely-used benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Boutique investment manager continues retail trend

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
A Sydney-based boutique investment manager is joining the shift towards an increasingly sophisticated retail market, launching a retail class of its flagship concentrated global equities fund. Avenir Capital will make the Avenir Global Fund accessible ...