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

Search Results

Showing 3781 - 3790 of 11308 results for "research"

Millennial money changes course after RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... their superannuation or take on risk while investing after six months of Royal Commission revelations, according to new research. Micro-investing platform Raiz Invest found that nearly 58% millennials are either saving more or spending less as the confidence ...

Super funds cut exposures to banks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... average of 3% less exposure to bank stocks in their equities portfolios than last year, according to recent Rainmaker research. These funds still have a large exposure to bank stocks, owning about $30 billion worth at an average 22% of their equities ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the long weekend holiday - AFL Grand Final holiday on September 28, Labour Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual ...

Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... better placed than its German counterparts trying to compete in the electric vehicles space like Volkswagen. Tesla's research and development spending and capex far outpaces competitors. And it has battery manufacturing experience to top that. "There ...

Industry fund members more satisfied

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... tables." The performance of a fund will ultimately determine consumer actions and engagement with the fund, he said. Research from the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Rice Warner shows super members invested outside of MySuper are ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
"We're going to win so much, you're going to be so sick and tired of winning." US President Donald Trump can add the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in his tally of 'wins' after the United States and Canada struck a last ...

Zurich helps advisers quantify cost of care

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
Latest research from Zurich is helping financial advisers quantify the cost of healthcare when providing insurance advice. The cost of care whitepaper debunks the mentality that Australia is "bulletproof" and that the social and healthcare system will ...

Pinnacle launches new affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... portfolio manager at Schroders located in Sydney and was responsible for investment process development, investment strategy research and implementation. He joined Schroders in 2004 and left in June this year. During his time at Schroders, he helped ...

RBNZ on ice into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
There were some moments so far in 2018 when it perked up against the US dollar but the path of least resistance has been a decline for the New Zealand dollar. The NZ dollar has dropped by 6.8% versus the greenback (to US$0.6628) this year to date and ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
A boutique founded last year by a former Evans & Partners head of equity has appointed a senior investment analyst. Aoris Investment Management is welcoming Swati Reddy to its investment team. Reddy was an equities analyst at CLSA in Sydney for seven ...