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

Search Results

Showing 3851 - 3860 of 8422 results for "Big"

Big Sky appoints former ANZ exec

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Big Sky Building Society, a financial services branch of the Australian Unity Group has appointed former ANZ executive, Robert Bell as chief executive. Bell was previously the chief executive of ANZ's Japan operations. Bell formerly worked as ANZ's ...

Slow and steady as she goes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... one-month data point begs the question, "why, oh why, oh why was Wall Street's reaction subdued overnight when it jumped - big time - on 'sort of' good data points the night before"? Heck, the Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 indices even posted losses last ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... that the banks are back up quite substantially is the reason why our broader market is looking very good today." Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank was up 71 cents to $80.68, Westpac had gained 37.50 cents to $33.755, ANZ had risen 37.50 cents ...

Australian Super backtracked on airport valuation: Future Fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... Stan Shamu said. "There is definitely a sense that people want to buy stocks, but when to start is what's debatable." The big miners are outperforming. Rio Tinto was $1.07, or 1.8 per cent, stronger at $60.38, BHP Billiton was 26 cents higher at $36.16 ...

NAB custody confirms partnership speculation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
In response to industry speculation, NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has confirmed it is exploring the possibility of partnering with global custodians. A spokesperson for the custody arm of the National Australia Bank would not comment on which institutions ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
oh there we have it folks! Wall Street ends the last day of the month, the quarter and the first six months of 2014, to quote T.S. Elliot, "not with a bang but a whimper. If you must know Virginia, the S&P 500 index finished a teenie-weenie 0.04% lower ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Association will unveil new home sales data for May ahead of the central bank's interest rate decision on Tuesday. Among the big four banks, the Commonwealth Bank was down 32 cents to $81.15, Westpac was minus 22 cents $33.95, ANZ had shed 17 cents to ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Victorian government over a broken poker machine contract, but the latter losing its legal case. "The issue involves such big dollars that I think it will go all the way to the High Court with appeal on appeal," he told AAP. Tatts shares were the biggest ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... advertisement states: "Our fees are also around half that of other personal retail super funds, the money you save on fees can make a big difference to your super balance over time." An ANZ Smart Choice Super advertisement, meanwhile, states the product ...