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

Search Results

Showing 3811 - 3820 of 4334 results for "FIG"

Investors rush for capital protected loans

Investors are going gangbusters for capital protected margin lending products as a way to ride the market mood swings, according to the latest data from the Reserve Bank. Capital protected loans are investment products where the investor is not subject ...

Costs of multiple super too hard to address: max Super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2006
Confirming the worst, research by max Super has revealed that over one-third of Australians have multiple super accounts which could see them missing out on $60,000 in retirement. The recent max Super survey found that more than 38 per cent of Australians ...

Financial planners apply within: Westpac

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Financial planners are in demand and Westpac is looking to recruit healthily as it seeks to underpin its planner network to meet demand for super and retirement planning. With the Australian demographic tilting more and more heavily towards the pre-retirement ...

Emerging markets enter hibernation

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2006
Emerging market fund flows are at a virtual stasis after recent volatility and a large scale capital exodus in June, according to the latest figures released by Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR). Emerging market fund flows were virtually stagnant ...

Centro grows on virtues of diversification

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
Centro Property Group's direct property trusts have continued to outperform and the group is not only trumpeting their performance figures but the diversification benefits on offer. Centro announced that its Direct Property Fund (DPF) had returned 18.2 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open slightly lower in line with US markets and weaker base metals prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0746 AEST, the September share price index contract was down four points at 4,910. Today, Adelaide Bank and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher, helped by a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodities prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 28 points at 4,988 at 0749 AEST. The Australian Bureau ...

Cash becomes king with inflation on the up

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
Yesterday's higher than expected Producer Price Index (PPI) has the market and some economists apprehensive about what tomorrow's Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures will signal for inflation, but it drives up the value of cash for fund managers. The ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open higher on the strong cue from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 96 points at 5011 at 0736 AEST. Today, the world's biggest miner BHP Billiton will release ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
The share market is expected to open lower dampened by weakness on Wall Street and amid caution ahead of local inflation figures. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 37 points to 4905 at 0740 AEST. Today ...