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

Search Results

Showing 2101 - 2110 of 3158 results for "Times"

Senate committee gives FOFA green light

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
The Senate Economics Legislation Committee has released its report on the future of financial advice bill recommending passage subject to nine recommendations. The report was tabled in Parliament yesterday, with the House of Representatives debate due ...

ETFs have proved their worth in crisis: iShares

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... September 15-19 despite freezing of underlying assets. "This is telling you they [ETFs] offer real-time access and work well in times of stress," Seccombe said. "When you get increasingly dramatic announcements and market events, ETF trading increases ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012
... sustained period above the milestone level was in August, 2011. "We're at the top of a range where we have been a couple of times, at about 4,300," Mr Burrell said. "The Dow went through 13,000 last night. So, if they continue to hold that, and we don't ...

MLC Insurance gets upgraded

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... to allow for more efficiency. "Advisers using our market leading Riskfirst technology have seen a reduction in turnaround times on new business of up to 70%. MLC's Guarantee of Upgrade philosophy means financial advisers and their clients always have ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... nay very good, reception considering. Here is Reuter's report, "Tuesday's 3.75 billion euro 10-year sale was covered 1.4 times, in line with the average. The total sale of 6.25 billion euros of fixed-rate BTP bonds hit the top of the planned range." ...

Direct mandates growth solid: Towers Watson

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... a five-year reference period. Hedge fund mandates awarded by clients of Towers Watson to direct fund managers was three times higher than via fund of funds with the number of direct private equity mandates close to four times higher than via fund of ...

Triple engagement but 17 firms get first strike

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... AMP Capital have received a 'first-strike'. However according to AMP Capital's latest Corporate Governance Report, three times the number of companies are attempting to engage with shareholders since the introduction of the rule. The new report, which ...

No more fear - maybe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2012
... the index that released results since Jan. 9." And the S&P 500's still cheap at these levels. "The S&P 500 trades at 14 times reported earnings, compared with the average since 1954 of 16.4 times, according to data compiled by Bloomberg." And if these ...

Plan B continues eastern state expansion

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... Sheehan, My Adviser managing director, but should pass to Plan B in the future. My Adviser has performed well over recent times, adding four financial planning practices to its network in November last year to a total of 62 advisory businesses with around ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... heavily on safety, saying it could mean missing out on potential for capital gains from fixed income investments during times of volatile equity markets. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia said fixed income ETFs provided desirable accessibility ...