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

Search Results

Showing 2541 - 2550 of 3405 results for "DECADE"

Blue Sky flushes dunnies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... industry, portable dunnies were just an afterthought on building sites, poorly serviced and left in a disgusting state. A decade later, Viking Rentals has raised the bar, setting a new industry standard. Builders, private events and festival goers are ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Divestment out of companies that are heavily involved in carbon intensive activities could reach $50 billion over the next five years. Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the global investor group, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... Gotta get in before funding costs become more expensive. As per Reuters, "With US interest rates near zero for nearly a decade, debt has been cheap. But with the Federal Reserve widely expected to hike rates later this year, merger and acquisition activity ...

Willis Re appoints global chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Global risk advisory firm and reinsurance broker Willis Group has appointed the global chair of its reinsurance division, Willis Re. In addition to his current roles as chair of Willis Re North America and president of Willis Re, Paddy Jago will now ...

Super board changes ignore past lessons: Bowen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Federal Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen believes proposed governance changes to superannuation fund boards ignore the lessons learnt from the HIH disaster. Speaking at the Financial Services Council annual conference, Bowen quoted Justice Neville Owen ...

Sunsuper CIO retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... is retiring from the $34 billion industry fund but has ruled out full retirement from the investment industry. After a decade with Sunsuper, Hartley announced his retirement today and said it was time to step aside so the investment team "can step up ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
AdviserLogic has partnered with Rice Warner to upgrade RiskLogic, its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

Industry fears the Uber of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Financial services stakeholders fear that it is only a matter of time before technology companies take over the sector, just like Uber has bypassed the taxi industry, a BNP Paribas report showed. In the '2025: The Future of Wholesale Banking - And What ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... reporting, passive currency overlay and unlisted asset administration. It extends a partnership that has lasted more than a decade and further highlights the importance of custodial services to super funds. LGS chief executive, Peter Lambert, says the ...