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

Search Results

Showing 3431 - 3440 of 5176 results for "YES"

Investors back AUI property proposal

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
Investors in three of the five Australian Unity Investments property vehicles have voted 'yes' to the firm's proposal to staple five property syndicates to establish a $400 million retail property fund. A recent media report claimed that AUI had failed ...

New leaders at BT and Asgard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Chris Freeman will retain his title as head of BT Wrap while Wayne Wilson will lead the St.George Business Solutions and Asgard divisions following the St.George/Westpac merger. BT Financial Group announced the appointments yesterday, which includes ...

Macfarlane calls for a new regulatory regime

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
The era of deregulation in the global financial system had been invalidated by the current crisis and a process of re-regulation needed to be undertaken, the former governor of the Reserve Bank, Ian Macfarlane, said yesterday. Delivering the Lowy Institute ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The $36 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation is aiming to outperform its benchmark by 100 basis points through a combination of vanilla style derivatives, opportunistic trades and improved internal and external capabilities. VFMC chief investment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as the influence wore off from overnight gains on Wall Street, and the market digested domestic growth figures which suggested the Australian economy is heading towards contraction. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... Because of the US dollar's status as the global economy's major reserve currency, the US can print as many dollars as it wants. Yes there will be negative long-term repercussions but it would not be a fate worse than Zimbabwe. If financial and economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
The Australian stockmarket remained strong at noon, extending the morning's positive open, following gains in European stocks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 84.5 points, or 2.36 per cent, at 3672.5, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Masu settles Westpoint case

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
Masu Financial Management has settled a class action brought by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) for 85 investors sold Westpoint Group financial products. The Federal Court of Australia settled the two remaining complaints ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
The Australian stock market remained in positive territory at noon, extending the morning's strong trade after a continued gains on Wall St overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 76 points, or 2.15 per cent, at 3616, while the ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
Just about five years ago in late 2003, then Australian Federal Treasurer Peter Costello flagged the possibility of retiring the Commonwealth government debt and effectively shutting down the country's bond market. While markets had no argument against ...