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

Search Results

Showing 2491 - 2500 of 3274 results for "January 1 2016"

Big six use advisers for sales while clients confused on independence

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Financial advisers aligned to major wealth-management firms are continuing to direct the majority of the funds they establish to their parent fund manager, a study released today by Roy Morgan Research has found. The Superannuation and Wealth Management ...

MLC names three AXA converts

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
MLC has landed three leading heads from AXA's North platform for its own retirement solutions team, further fueling competition for talent between the two heavyweights. Formerly with AXA, MLC & NAB Wealth has attracted Paul Stratton, Michael Tobin and ...

Westpoint directors face charges

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
Directors from collapsed property investment brand Westpoint will face charges and a possible jail sentence for their role in the company's downfall. Norm Carey and Graeme Rundle are facing two criminal charges each as a result of an investigation by ...

Zenith targets dealer groups with investment solutions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
Zenith Investment Partners has launched a new investment solutions division to offer fund selection and asset allocation advice to financial planners. The investment solutions product stems from increased ad hoc requests from planners with specific ...

Paragem secures new planning licensee

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
Boutique financial advisory practice PWK Private Wealth Advisers has joined the Paragem Wholesale Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL), taking the dealer group's total assets under advice to $1.3 billion. Paragem now has 13 practices under its ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
In case you missed it, former US Federal Reserve Alan 'el maestro' Greenspan has just declared Greece dead - well, almost. No way out. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Greenspan declared that the "chances of Greece not defaulting are very ...

Back to cactus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Hang on to your hats, for here we go folks. While the previous day's data releases provided some leeway for positive interpretation, fresh ones out overnight cannot - in any way - be lost in translation. It's therefore not surprising to see Wall Street ...

Customers rate SMSFs the best

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
The latest Superannuation Satisfaction report from consumer researcher Roy Morgan has found that 75 per cent of SMSF customers are satisfied with their fund returns, compared to just 52 per cent for industry fund customers and 47 per cent for retail ...

Sunsuper awards $700m mandate

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
Sunsuper has undergone a slight re-weighting of its Australian Equities portfolio, handing a new $700 million mandate to Vinva Investment Management. The Vinva mandate, which went live last week, is part of a wider reallocation of funds in Sunsuper's ...

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
AQR Capital Management, Hunter Hall Investment Management and Russell Investment Management have all received ratings boosts. The AQR Wholesale Managed Futures 1P Fund, an alternative strategy product focused on thematic futures received a four star ...