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

Search Results

Showing 3371 - 3380 of 4701 results for "Active"

Elana Rubin nabs property board appointment

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Finance is one of the largest non-bank commercial property senior debt lenders in Australia and in addition Qualitas has an active dedicated mezzanine debt origination and management platform, having arranged and funded numerous development and investment ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... and cash. This reflects a move to bring all fixed income classes under one management umbrella. SSgA will also combine active quantitative developed and enhanced equity under Ted Gekas, who will take on the role of CIO and global head of active quantitative ...

Credit Suisse awarded best UHNW service provider

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... management from the sector. "The UHNW segment, which is key to Credit Suisse, is continuing to grow rapidly as the passive and active wealth of Australia expands, and the market continues to mature," Credit Suisse UHNW managing director in Australia ...

Asian LGBT advice firm headhunts Aussie planners

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
Hong Kong-based Financial Partners, the advisory firm behind Asia's first LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) wealth management business, is actively recruiting Australian financial planners to the specialist division. Financial Partners has ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... our clients would be at a distinct disadvantage because we're running twice as much money." The underperformance of many active managers in the wake of the GFC, coupled with increased regulatory pressure, has put a greater focus on fees in recent years. ...

Big groups court AFS advisers with inducements

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... practices have been offered "extraordinary deals" to join institutional dealer groups. "The institutional groups have been very active in the market, making sensational offerings for practices to join them," he said. According to Daly, the deals include ...

EQT to take Trust-Perpetual acquisition to ACCC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) will make a submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on the implications for the competitive positions of the trustee markets if Perpetual acquires The Trust Company. In a letter to its shareholders ...

Skaffold to set up alert service

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... offers access to nine international indices from markets including the US, Hong Kong and Europe. "With Skaffold Global, active investors can now access key financial data and forecast information on global giants Apple, Google, General Electric, Chevron ...

Corporate super specialists ask Treasury for FoFA exemption

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013
... FoFA will create. "This would have devastating consequences for small to medium businesses which now enjoy a range of pro-active services at the employer level," Mr Latto said. Having failed with ASIC, the CSSA is placing its hope in Treasury to provide ...

Investment strategy differences derail super merger talks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Dundon and Vision Super acting Chief executive Peter Rowe both said the two funds could not agree on whether to favour active or passive investments. Michael Dundon said that VicSuper favoured a passive investment approach as it would give a better outcome ...