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

Search Results

Showing 3711 - 3720 of 5520 results for "Class"

SMSFs still under-invested in global shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... commodity prices as we have seen," Tuck reminded investors. "Most local investors are missing out on diversification into world class companies in sectors that are under-represented on the Australian share market, such as technology, pharmaceuticals ...

JPM appoints Australian insto head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... supports clients across infrastructure and alternatives, global and emerging market equities, fixed income and multi-asset class solutions.

Smaller funds don't need to merge: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... Proebstl said. He said that niche funds have distinct advantages, such as being able tailoring products to a particular class of member, unique access to boutique investment managers and service providers catering to smaller super funds, and potentially ...

FoFA changes no threat to best interest duty: lawyer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has obtained legal advice arguing that the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms will not compromise the best interests duties of advisers to their clients. The advice, provided by ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
High net worth (HNW) investors now hold around $1.4 trillion in investable assets, almost as much as the entire superannuation system, according to new data from Investment Trends. The report found the number of high net worth (HNW) investors in Australia ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has echoed claims that regardless of what the government does to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation that financial advisers will still have undefined best interests obligations. Speaking at Parliament House ...

HNW adviser starts real return investment association

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Former Fitzpatricks Private Wealth general manager Philip Reid has set up the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) as a forum where advisers can share strategies and meet fund managers. ARRIA held its first round table in Sydney in ...

La Trobe issues first mortgage-backed securities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... funding footprint with more investors both here and globally" the manager's chief investment officer Paul Wells said. The Class A Notes, wholly subscribed by a single investor, were structured as a single tranche rather than as two tranches as in previous ...

AXA IM to expand outside of Europe

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
AXA Investment Managers is seeking to expand its presence outside of Europe, with plans to strengthen its footprint in Asia, including Australia and Japan, and the Americas. AXA IM former head of consultant relations Tim Gardener will head up a new ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The first quarter of 2014 has seen a marked drop in risk appetite among ordinarily high-risk investors, research from CoreData has shown. Only 19.1% of investors with high risk profiles said they were likely to invest in new equities or products in ...