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

Search Results

Showing 3051 - 3060 of 7027 results for "Corporate"

Equity Trustees appointed RE to multinational group

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Wenlock Global Fund in Australia and globally. Commenting on the appointment, Equity Trustees executive general manager, corporate trustees services, Harvey Kalman said: "[Sanlam's] decision to launch two funds in Australia is an exciting development ...

ASIC enters new era as industry funding model passes

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Greg Medcraft said the new model "is an important milestone not just for ASIC, but also for the companies and wider corporate sector that we regulate." "Industry funding, in one form or another, applies to other areas of public oversight in Australia ...

Super tax reforms take effect

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Arrangement in certain circumstances. "As part of this Bill, the Government has also refined changes to personal and corporate insolvency law made by the Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016. This change will reduce legal complexity, increase certainty for ...

Mercy Super appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Corporate fund Mercy Super has appointed a new chief executive. Wendy Tancred joined Mercy Super in April from Davidson Consulting, where she was also chief executive. Before that, she was Queensland state head of financial planning at BT Financial ...

Acorns adds ESG investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
Users of fractional investing app Acorns now have the option to apply environmental, social and corporate governance standards to investments. The Emerald Portfolio is diversified across all asset classes including Australian equities, international ...

Short selling is 'smart money': Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... longer-term investment horizon to maximise a strategy's potential to meet its objectives." The recent spate of high profile corporate failures such as Slater and Gordon and Dick Smith highlight the importance of active management in this context, Tay ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... employment gains largely concentrated in part time jobs would keep a lid on consumer spending, decreased company sales, lower corporate profits and decrease business investment in equipment and structures and staff. But the continued buoyancy in business ...

AIA growth strategy spawns appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... also created a chief strategy officer role for Australia and New Zealand, charging Tim Tez with overseeing strategy, corporate affairs and government relations. Formerly chief product and marketing officer at MetLife, Tez has also previously served as ...

EQT appointed RE for $5.9bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... the fiduciary responsibilities are in the capable hands of a proven team of experts." EQT executive general manager, corporate trustee services Harvey Kalman said: "It's exciting to be appointed by an emerging boutique fund manager that has a distinctive ...

Retail funds closing in on return gap

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... Balanced (14.2%), CFS FirstChoice Lifestage 1970-1974 (14.1%), SA State Lump Sum Scheme - Growth (13.5%) and Telstra Super Corporate Plus - MySuper Growth (13.3%). Top-performing personal (balanced) funds were IOOF Employer Super Personal - Profile 75 ...