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

Search Results

Showing 3121 - 3130 of 5917 results for "March 2011"

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
No surprise, no surprise. Another month... another US$10 billion off the Fed's asset shopping budget and more stressing that interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The share market is slightly down again after Tuesday's fall ended a seven-day winning streak. Offshore markets in the US and Europe were up overnight following positive sentiment, with nearly three-quarters of US companies beating earnings forecasts. ...

BTIM posts strong half year numbers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has reported an after-tax net profit of $83.1 million for the half year to 31 March 2014, up 143% on the same period last year. Statutory net profit after tax was up 243% to $78.3 million while cash earnings per share ...

AMP's ipac Financial Planning wins group of the year award

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
AMP-owned ipac Financial Planning has won CoreData's 2013 Advisory Group of the Year Award. The award is given to the licensee with the strongest ability to acquire prospective clients and it is based on the ratings of consumers who were in the market ...

Virgin Money cops fine for misleading direct insurance ads

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Virgin Money Australia has been forced to pay $30,600 in penalties after some of its advertisements fell foul of the regulator. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) issued three infringement notices for misleading online and television ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's gains on mixed economic data and corporate earnings as a two-day US Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting got underway. At 0805 AEST on Wednesday, the June share price index futures ...

The music's still playing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Who me? Worry, because... May is nigh? Looking at last night's trading action on Wall Street, Wall Streeters appear to be fear missing out (on more gains) more than they do that of the prospect of the "sell in May" crowd, going away in May. Just look ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Future Fund has achieved rolling 3 year returns of about 9.5% pa, putting the de facto sovereign wealth fund on par with workplace super funds when the Future Fund's tax-free and member-free status is taken into account. The $98 billion Future Fund ...

Australia signs FATCA agreement with US

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
The Australian government has signed an inter-governmental agreement with the United States to implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in a bid to improve international tax compliance. The agreement, together with relevant enabling ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Despite market optimism over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so ...