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

Search Results

Showing 1591 - 1600 of 6965 results for "March"

RBA observes weakness and uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... this was likely to continue for some time," the RBA board said. The board agreed that the policy package implemented in March alongside the governments stimulus package was continuing to support the economy. "There was a very high level of liquidity ...

ASIC takes Linchpin, Endeavour directors to court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Opportunity Fund. Daly, who was only a director of Linchpin not of Endeavour, ASIC alleges acted as an officer of Endeavour. In March last year, ASIC successfully obtained orders against Linchpin and Endeavour relating to the Investport Income Opportunity ...

Chief economist update: Global healing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... latest reading from the survey showed the composite index rising to a reading of 52.4 in August - the highest level since March 2019, the fourth straight month of improvement and the second consecutive month the index had been in expansion - after its ...

HESTA adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... across growth, defensive and unlisted asset classes. The appointment is one of the two new "heads of" roles announced in March and follows Stephanie Weston joining the fund as head of portfolio design in June. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Downside deviation (measured by semi-standard deviation), was also high due to the negative returns seen in February and March. Three year Sharpe ratios (annualized return in excess of the risk-free rate of return divided by the annualised standard deviation ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... management and engagement with investors, shareholders and the traditional owners of the land. Jacques will step down in March 2021, or when a new chief executive has been elected; whichever arises sooner. Additionally, Chris Salisbury will step down ...

Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... respectively. Euro area economic growth dropped by 14.7% in the year to the June quarter, that followed a 3.2% decline in the March quarter and a 1% expansion in December 2019. The ECB staff maintained its 2020 HICP inflation forecast at 0.3% but lifted ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... upfront about the potential for the Super Fund to suffer reductions in value when markets drop. That was clearly apparent in March when the Fund saw the second biggest monthly reduction in its history, of 12.27%." However, NZ Super chair Catherine Savage ...

FASEA adds exam sittings, approved subjects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... at 31 locations across Australia, subject to COVID-19 restrictions. FASEA will hold exams from January 28 to February 2, March 25-30, May 20-25, July 15-20, September 9-14 and November 4-9 next year. Locations differ for each sitting and are available ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... month. The August figure is even more spectacular when compared with the record low -66 points recorded five months before in March. Good but not good enough. This is because the latest score indicates that pessimism still rules and as the survey notes ...