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

Search Results

Showing 3051 - 3060 of 6251 results for "December 29"

WTF moment on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
"Love and marriage, love and marriage Go together like a horse and carriage." Well, perhaps in 1955 when ol' blue eyes Frank Sinatra sang that, "this I tell you brother, you can't have one without the other"... but now no longer for most. The song played ...

ANZ profit up 3.6% in "tougher environment"

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
ANZ announced a cash profit of $1.79 billion in the three months to 31 December 2014, a 3.6% increase on the previous quarter. Revenue was above the FY14 quarterly average, but so were expenses - the statement attributes this to exchange rate impacts ...

Challenger retail annuity sales up 8%, profit down

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Challenger annuity sales were up 8% during the first half of the 2014-2015 financial year, but net profit after tax was down, the half year report showed. Annuity sales reached $2.1 billion, of which $1.6 billion were retail annuity sales, up 8% since ...

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) announced underlying cash earnings of $217.9 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 10.9% increase on the previous half-year. After tax statutory profit was $227.3 million, and cash earnings per share were 48.1c. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following rises on international markets amid hope for Greece's bailout plan and a Ukraine ceasefire and strong economic data out of Germany. At 0807 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

ASX half-year profit up 4.7%

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
ASX Ltd has released its half-year results to 31 December 2014 and has lifted profit 4.7% to $198.6 million. Revenues rose by 5.9% to $348.7 million, and the ASX will pay a fully-franked interim dividend of 92.3c to shareholders in March. According ...

Former UBS chief executive launches asset management firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Former UBS chief executive Colin Woods has launched Pan-Tribal Asset Management. Pan-Tribal describes itself as an investment management firm geared towards "providing breadth of asset management capabilities across a range of asset classes and investment ...

Performance competition returning to default super

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The SelectingSuper MySuper rolling 12 month performance index holding steady on 8.3% during October to December masks something more subtle - the return of performance competition into superannuation and the strong debut of life stage investing. SelectingSuper's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after falls or flat performances on international bourses ahead of the conclusion of an emergency eurozone meeting on the Greek crisis. At 0858 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
A former ANZ financial adviser was jailed for six years and three months for defrauding over $5.9 million over a period of 20 years. Melinda Scott will serve three years and ten months in jail before being eligible for parole, the NSW District Court ...