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

Search Results

Showing 3971 - 3980 of 8422 results for "Big"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... $16.14, and online Real Estate business REA Group, down $1.57 to $44.63, were among the hardest hit tech stocks. Among the big miners, BHP Billiton was down four cents at $37.70, Rio Tinto had dropped 30 cents to $63.65 while Fortescue Metals was steady ...

Multi-asset portfolios key for retiree income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... volatility but with sustainable level of income that doesn't eat into the capital," Stopford said. "While up until now the big consultants and super funds have been put off by the attractiveness of traditional assets, those opportunites have now played ...

Time to go away?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... it be that investors have taken a second look at these sectors, and found that they have paid huge premiums to own the next big things... in the excitement of it all? As 1upwallstreet.com explains, "Mobile and/or social media companies like Twitter and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
The share market is lower as investors follow a negative lead from Wall Street's last session. Friday's big drop in high-growth companies in the US overshadowed a solid US jobs report, Bell Potter senior adviser Stuart Smith said. "It was momentum stocks ...

Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
A recent State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) seminar has revealed that Australian financial planners overwhelmingly support the use of exchange traded funds. A survey of attendees at SSgA's "Strategies for Accessing International Investment Opportunities" ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
In big picture terms, not much happened last week. Yes Virginia, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept policy unchanged - as expected. The European Central Bank (ECB) guided forward but also stayed on the sidelines. US non-farm payrolls added another ...

Banks eye Google Glass as tech opportunity

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... only three of the top ten banking apps on Apple Store rate above four stars and none of them belong to any of Australia's Big Four banks.

William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
US fund manager William Blair has launched its first unit trusts to Australian institutional and wholesale investors. The Global Leaders Equity Fund, Emerging Markets Leaders Equity Fund and Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund were selected from William ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... market looks set to open flat with Wall Street little changed as investors digest a series of economic data ahead of Friday's big US jobs report for March. At 0805 AEDT on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was down six points at 5,404. ...

Insurance industry still behind on big data usage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... message, but which is insufficient to predict behaviour. Nearly a third, 29.9%, of participants said they are making full use of big data and analysis to anticipate consumer needs and to create bespoke solutions. Bravura director of strategy Darren Stevens ...