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

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 46 results for "Australia of"

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... However, AllianceBernstein senior economist Guy Bruten believes the consensus view underestimates the likely impact on Australia of the collapse in commodity prices, which is likely to be "deeper and broader" than expected. This is a "mirror image" of ...

CBA follows ASIC's lead in Senate submission

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... within its financial planning unit (CFP) that prompted the inquiry in mid-2013. "CFP advocates for the introduction in Australia of a financial planner passport scheme similar to the one operating in the United States, to be administered by ASIC and ...

CFSGAM issues its first SIV product

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... income. Under the SIV scheme, investors can apply for a provisional visa on the basis of a minimum investment in Australia of $5 million and a permanent visa after holding complying investments for a minimum of four years. The scheme aims to attract ...

Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
Smaller developed economies look far more attractive investment propositions than traditional global investment centres such as the US, Europe and Japan, according to BlackRock's global chief investment strategist Russ Koesterich. Addressing journalists ...

Key local appointment for Robeco

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
Netherlands-based asset management firm, Robeco, recently announced the appointment of Brett Penprase as senior sales executive in Sydney. Penprase will focus on driving institutional and wholesale sales in Australia along with bringing a high-quality ...

APA ups HDF offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The APA group has raised its offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund after it was granted due-diligence access to the fund's books earlier this week. This ups the ante on the battle for the infrastructure fund, which is also subject to takeover ...

ASIC winds up unregistered managed investment scheme

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... targeting Australian investors and self managed superannuation funds, in 2007 and 2008 ASIC secured the return to Australia of more than $20 million located in overseas trading accounts which ASIC says belonged to investors in Master Fund and 13 other ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... supply-demand gap is that, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there are now 8.5 million separate households in Australia of which 71% are family households, 25% are single person households with the remaining 4% being group households. ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... plus three years of supervised experience. Matthew Rowe, chairman of the FPA, said there were 16,000 planners in Australia of which 8000 were FPA members. But he said between 5000 and 6000 planners were "free riders". "Like the person who catches public ...

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
Specialist global credit investment managers Bentham Asset Management have won a major new mandate from AustralianSuper worth $350 million. The segregated global loan mandate, issued in the March quarter, will increase Bentham's funds under management ...