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

Search Results

Showing 3011 - 3020 of 4334 results for "FIG"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its third largest gain of 2010 as better-than-expected home sales figures boosted optimism towards the US economy. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
The Australian share market recovered from its lower opening on Wednesday to be in positive territory at noon, on a stronger Australian dollar and solid economic growth figures. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 9.1 points, or 0.21 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set to fall after Wall Street dropped on the possibility of criminal charges into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ongoing concerns about Europe's financial sector. At 0746 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

AustralianSuper and AMP fight for super's most wanted

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Investors looking to move their funds from one super fund to another are most likely to choose AustralianSuper, followed by AMP, PSS and QSuper, new research shows. According to CoreData's latest survey of 595 individuals, 9.9 per cent would consider ...

Great Southern investors fight back

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Macpherson + Kelley Lawyers has filed a lawsuit for Great Southern investors seeking the court to void loans given to invest into failed agribusiness investment schemes, including loans provided by Adelaide Bank. The class action covers 1,700 investors ...

Investec eyes SMSF market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Investec Asset Management's local managing director, Mark Samuelson, has outlined plans to target the self managed super fund (SMSF) market and flagged launching more strategies if proposed tax changes occur. The firm's assets under management rose ...

Fund fees not coming down: Cooper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Super System Review chair Jeremy Cooper said market forces in super aren't enough to drive the best outcome for members, arguing that contrary to industry claims, fund fees have gone up, not down, in the past decade. In his speech at the Committee for ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Investment and Financial Services Association is implementing a new investment reporting format that will require retail super funds to revert back to performance figures gross of any ongoing and advice fees. The objective is to facilitate comparability ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...