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

Search Results

Showing 3811 - 3820 of 8404 results for "equities"

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
... 0645 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,246. No major economic or equities news is expected on Friday. However, ANZ chief executive Mike Smith, Wesfarmers commercial director Ian McLeod and Spotless ...

NAB confirms final pricing for Great Western IPO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... franchise. "While the price is lower than expectations the IPO had strong demand despite the recent volatility in the US equities market. Pleasingly the deal attracted strong representation from a broad range of quality investors with the book well covered. ...

Jarrod Brown resurfaces at Wingate

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... take over as chief executive. Wingate is a finance and investment house, with teams specialising in property, global equities, asset and consumer finance and private equity. It has offices in Sydney and Melbourne.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
... assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is down to speak at the Thomson Reuters FX Benchmark event in Sydney. In equities news, Ten Network is expected to post full year results, while Fortescue Metals Group and Woodside are expected to release ...

Future Fund reaches $104bn, earns 14pct

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... behind State Street Global Advisors, which has $124 billion, and AMP Capital Investors, which has $116 billion. Australian equities account for 8% of the Future Fund's asset allocation, international equities 34%, listed property 6%, debt securities ...

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... to represent with an index, such as some emerging and debt markets. On the other hand, asset classes such as domestic equities, may lend themselves to more indexing, as they can be more readily replicated and implemented. Indexing can also be utilised ...

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Australian Ethical has been named the Best International Equities fund by the Australian Fund Manager Foundation. Australian Ethical beat finalists Perennial and Platinum, becoming the first ethical investment specialist to win the award. The fund returned ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... Westpac/Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment is due out. The Future Fund gives its six monthly update. In equities news, Whitehaven Coal and Rio Tinto are expected to post quarterly reports, while Rio chief executive, Sam Walsh, is slated ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Market Vectors ETFs is set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... Locally, in economic news on Monday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases August lending finance figures. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday lost $34 billion in its largest daily fall in 15 months because of ...