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

Search Results

Showing 131 - 140 of 188 results for %22Mark Spring%22

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... reading. Employers lift the number of hours work before taking on additional staff. Then again, one swallow does not a spring make. This as much was the same message conveyed in the employment components of the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing ...

NSW and CFS partner in first gov retail annuity bond

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... address the backlog of essential infrastructure across NSW." Commonwealth Bank Group Executive Wealth Management, Annabel Spring said CFS's exclusive platform distribution rights for the NSW Waratah Annuity Bond through FirstWrap, offers advisers and ...

New Aus equities product for BGC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... Asia-Pacific region. Existing relationships will be leveraged to ensure a successful launch of the new product, said Mark Spring, executive managing director, BGC Asia. "I am delighted that we can offer BGC customers an even broader range of products ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... its end in June last year. Sure, it was a paltry gain but consider the challenges that faced the market last year - Arab Spring, Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, USA no longer AAA, European crisis hitting Spain and Italy, the BRICs and emerging ...

CFS names new executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
The Commonwealth Bank's group executive wealth management, Annabel Spring today announced the appointment of Linda Elkins as the new executive general manager of Colonial First State. Prior to her new role, Elkins was general manager of marketing and ...

Maybe next month

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... fundamentals remain tepid at best, deteriorating at worst, and not prepared to exit completely lest we miss out if the CBs spring a kinder surprise. Greed and fear at their best! Speaking of surprises, expect none from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

Playing with a loaded dice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... markets were surging, markets found something to worry about, it was Dubai World and its debt blowout. Then it was the Arab Spring and Kaddafi in early 2011. There were also North Korea and Iran. They seem like teenie-weenie small beers now, don't they? ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... troubles and worries that developed since the global financial crisis to date - Europe sovereign debt crisis, the Arab Spring (and surging oil prices), the Japanese tsunami/nuclear reactor meltdown, the US losing its AAA credit rating, North Korea, Iran ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... Alternative Investments. This is despite SMSF significant cash weighting making them the superannuation sector's top performers. Mark Sowerby, managing director at BlueSky Alternative Investments said that while many advisers have until now not had access ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... But this is just asking for a Darryl "The Castle" Kerrigan quote, "tell him he's dreaming." Yep sure, two swallows make a spring. Admittedly, last night's data releases out of America makes for comforting reading. US durable goods orders rose by 1.1% ...