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

Search Results

Showing 3311 - 3320 of 6137 results for "Australians"

David Murray becomes AMP chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... board will precipitate a "redevelopment of governance processes." "AMP employs almost 6000 people many of whom are Australians serving its customers across wealth management, superannuation, financial advice, life insurance, asset management and banking," ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... not invest in fossil fuels. Future Super co-founder Simon Sheikh said Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) empowers Australians to bypass political inertia and invest more of their super in sustainable, future-focussed businesses by excluding fossil ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... benefits of bonds. The report also reinforced the correlation between age and a preference to more defensive assets. Australians aged 55 years old and over held 22% of assets in corporate bonds, while younger groups held only 3% to 4% in their portfo ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... costly than if they were built from scratch. The standard withholding tax rate applied for distribution is 30%, but if Australians submitted a form to the US tax authorities, they can reduce it to 15%. Howie said the problem is the US taxation process ...

Life insurance regulation needs government backing: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... view that wellness is part of the industry's mandate. Early intervention has the potential to improve the wellness of Australians and at the same time, reduce costs for the insurance sector, which can reduce fees, they said. The talk of life insurers ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
"My fellow Australians, ask not what your country can do for the Australian dollar, ask what the Australian dollar can do for your country." That's me bastardising John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as the 35th US President back in 1961 (before I was ...

First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... governance failings that have recently come to light has had real world consequences for millions of hard working Australians." "Shareholder value has been destroyed with the share price down 20% in the last month," he continued. "News today that the ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... age? We welcome the Banking Royal Commission and hope the outcome will result in a better, more robust system for all Australians. In the meantime, we're aware that many will be suffering, or have lost confidence with their planners. This is a disappointing ...

Baby boomers unprepared for wealth transfer: Australian Unity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Australians are unprepared for the impending intergenerational transfer of wealth according to one of Australia's oldest mutual companies. Referencing an ING report from 2016, Australian Unity said $2.4 trillion will be passed down from the baby boomer ...

One third of Aussies struggling financially

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
A study into financial wellbeing of Australians has found that almost a quarter of the population is just getting by, while a further 13% struggle to meet day-to-day financial commitments. The ANZ Financial Wellbeing survey shows more than a third of ...