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

Search Results

Showing 341 - 350 of 1301 results for "Road"

Recruitment lifts as economy reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... ending May 17. "It is important to remember that these figures are a long way shy of the pre-COVID volumes and there is a long road ahead," Seek Australia and New Zealand managing director Kendra Banks said. "There are some promising signs with all states ...

FPA confirms redundancies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has unveiled its five-year plan, which includes redundancies. The FPA is calling its new strategy the MAC strategy, focused on members, advocacy and consumers. The plan involves a restructure of the organisation ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
While it is clear it will take some time for the world to return to what it once was, the focus is now on recovery and what the post-pandemic world will look like. Kyle Loades, chair of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association (AusTTA) ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
IFM Investors' local infrastructure assets, which include Ausgrid, major airports, ports and toll roads, cut their carbon footprint by 7.9% in the year ending June 2019. The industry-superannuation-owned fund manager started reporting its infrastructure ...

ASX appoints compliance chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The ASX has appointed a new chief compliance officer, as the incumbent prepares to step down after a decade in the role. The ASX's deputy general counsel Janine Ryan will take over from Kevin Lewis as he shifts into an advisory role ahead of his retirement ...

Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... Holden argued these should include improving the national broadband network, improving Australian Post efficiency and port/road transport, encouraging the use of robust technologies to limit the spread of the virus, labour intensive programs that improve ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
COVID-19 shut downs and volatility are not holding back a Sydney-based boutique's plans to launch a new fund. Contact Asset Management tested its new small/mid cap fund via a paper portfolio for 18 months, before hitting launch in mid-March. The ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... exposed domestic banking sector, specifically CBA, Westpac, and ANZ. Yarra also held large positions in infrastructure toll-road stocks Transurban and Atlas Arteria, which are being severely impacted by COVID-19 lockdowns."

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... on new investment opportunities within 'specific regions' beyond the traditional geographical perspective. "The new Silk Road is one important example of this concept, based on the growing influence of China in the geopolitical landscape and beyond Asia." ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... listed infrastructure team, the asset class is suffering from mispricing, particularly across energy infrastructure, toll road and airport sectors. "The gap to intrinsic value has increased significantly compared to late 2019. In fact, we have not witnessed ...