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

Search Results

Showing 3201 - 3210 of 3556 results for "October 27"

Fidelity chief resigns

Michael Ohlsson has resigned as the managing director of Fidelity Investments Australia citing personal reasons. His decision came after three years at the helm and after an intense period of product launches and staff expansion. Since October 2005 ...

Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
Hedge fund manager Absolute Capital posted a notice on its website yesterday saying that it had "closed" its flagship fund, the $200 million Absolute Capital Yield Strategies Fund. The Yield Strategies Fund is an investor in the structured credit market ...

ABN AMRO Craigs selects Gatekeeper

New Zealand-based advisory group ABN AMRO Craigs has signed up to use Gatekeeper, a new software solution developed by InvestmentLink to cater for new legislation around the KiwiSaver scheme. "With less than five months between the Budget and KiwiSaver ...

Skandia parts ways with Mercer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
Skandia has bowed to the inevitable and replaced Mercer Investment Consulting with in-house consultancy Intech as its portfolio construction adviser from next month, ending uncertainty over where the two companies sat within the business. Speculation ...

AFA conference to focus on world-class practice

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) today unveiled the program for its 2007 National Conference, with the theme of building a world-class advice business. Held 14-16 October at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines on the Gold Coast, the program includes ...

Perennial waives fees for three months

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
As an incentive to investors looking to quickly invest between now and the 30 June SimplerSuper deadline, Perennial Investment Partners will waive its fees on any new investments for three months. Perennial said the offer means they will reduce their ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
Industry fund HESTA has joined the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), an international collaboration that rewards analysts and brokers for greater depth and breadth of research and the inclusion of factors such as corporate governance, human capital ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2007 Adviser of the Year Award. "Advisers, who must be members of the AFA, are judged on criteria such as their experience, contribution to the industry and the quality of their ...

Schroders appoints former UBS fixed income director

Schroders Investment Management Australia has appointed Kellie Wood as its new product manager in fixed income and multi asset. Prior to joining Schroders, Wood worked as a director at UBS Global Asset Management's portfolio management and fixed income ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2007
Labour force data released from the ABS today shows that over the last month there was a 10.5 per cent increase in employment in Australia in seasonally adjusted terms so that on an annual basis there was a 2.7 per cent growth in the national workforce. ...