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

Search Results

Showing 3461 - 3470 of 3905 results for "Country"

Westpac to list wealth management arm

... float the investment management business of its subsidiary BT Financial Group, one of the largest fund managers in the country with $40 billion in assets. The partial float is in relation to BT's investment management business only. The other areas of ...

PE to re-build South Africa

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... he told The Independent. "The possibilities are enormous, but the lack of confidence and the lack of attention that the country has had is causing a lot of the difficulty." Gardner came to worldwide fame when the biography of his life was turned into ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... GDP. By contrast, McRae predicts that Australia's GDP growth won't be as spectacular so that over the next 18 years, the country moves from the 11th spot to the 12th, with GDP growing from the current US$1 trillion to just over US$2 trillion. His predictions ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... carers. "Realistic work and family balance is very important to us," said Corboy. The awards were supported by two of the country's leading business bodies, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Business Council of Australia ...

Green light over red tape

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... initiatives to streamline its infrastructure project approvals. Concerns over public transport failures have prompted the country's most powerful mayors to lobby the Federal Government to introduce fringe benefits tax exemptions for public transport ...

Zurich advisers log on to IRESS software

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... proposals and submit them electronically. Andrew McKee, Zurich's Australian head of life risk insurance, said, "With the country's underinsurance crisis a major concern, this service is an important step in Zurich's journey to simplify its new business ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

... Westpac chief executive David Morgan has lambasted the government's 'four pillars policy', suggesting it would only make the country's four largest banks, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac more vulnerable to foreign ownership. Speaking at the annual ...

Magellan puts money where its mouth is

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... Stack. Both funds will be structured ensure portfolios are not highly correlated to a single currency, industry specific, country specific or macroeconomic risks. Magellan will also put $20 million of its own money into the funds. Chairman Hamish Douglass ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is expected to fall sharply this morning after the US market took a hammering overnight in what was the worst trading day since 13 March. At 0657 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index was down ...

Credit Suisse pumps up roster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
... Australasia, who will join Credit Suisse from September 1. Kalikajaros will also report to David Trude, Sydney branch manager and country head for Australia. Other appointments include new head of products Shane Galligan, formerly of National Australia ...