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

Search Results

Showing 301 - 310 of 503 results for "Homes"

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes and lives continues. As expected, the calamity sliced half a percent off the country's economic growth - real GDP slowed to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... front, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed that approvals for the construction of new homes fell for a second consecutive month. Mr McCarthy said the building figures were disappointing because observers were expecting ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... disappointing but affected the Australian dollar more than the share market, Mr Le Brun said. Approvals for the construction of new homes fell 5.0 per cent in February. BHP Billiton was up 35 cents at $37.40, Rio Tinto had added 45 cents at $64.30, and ...

Westpac exec gets ASIC ban after preying on elderly's finances

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... engaging in credit activities and providing financial services after encouraging vulnerable clients to borrow against their homes for investments. St Pierre who was employed by the bank between September 2000 and April 2011 was found to have submitted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... cent, to 5,449.4. NEW YORK - US stocks finished with modest declines as investors shrugged off a drop in sale of existing homes as weather-related. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 29.93 points (0.19 per cent) on Friday to 16,103.30. The broad-based ...

Pro bono advice for bushfire victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... providing free, professional advice to help people get back on their feet when many are struggling to cope with the loss of homes, personal possessions and probably their financial records," the FPA said. The association's Pro Bono Service was established ...

Consumers in EM, an opportunity for investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
... tomorrow," Stassopoulos said. The portfolio manager travels to different emerging countries to "meet consumers in their homes to understand their needs, dreams and aspirations." "We behave as any other consumer company and we approach the same consultancy ...

Rate cuts prompt SMSF cash exodus

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... cuts have meant cash has become a less attractive investment, so trustees are 'cashing out' of cash and looking for other homes for their money. The total fixed interest asset allocation remained unchanged at 6.6% compared to the December quarter. However ...

It's the headlines, you twit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... kitties. Because going by my trustee Bloomberg's headlines, the US is now on a "firmer footing". Headline: "Sales of New Homes in U.S. Climb 1.5% to 417,000 Rate". Opening paragraph. "Sales of new U.S. homes advanced in March as near record-low mortgage ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... retirement funding, some may see the tax changes as a disincentive to save. "There will be people sitting in $10 million homes in Vaucluse, paying no capital gains tax and who won't be doing the responsible thing of paying into their super." The Financial ...