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

Search Results

Showing 4321 - 4330 of 6817 results for "Top"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012
... ability to borrow - despite calls from other members and the IMF to consider this option. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies plunged 2.53 per cent to 5,566.41 points, while in Frankfurt, the DAX 30 fell 2.33 per cent to 6,285.75 points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... firm up action on tackling the eurozone debt crisis and solid US housing data. At close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 1.86 per cent to 5403.28 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30 rose 1.65 per cent to 6435.60 points and Paris' ...

Fund giant T. Rowe Price stamps brand in Australian equities

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... into the broader global intelligence and information sharing of the firm, while running the local money. "If you look at the top 50 companies in Australia, more than 50% of their revenue is derived offshore, so we believe that collaborating with our ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher after European markets rose overnight and Wall Street closed up more than one per cent. At 0810 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,105. In economic news on ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
Armageddon. Catastrophe. Lehman Bros moment. GFC mark II. Game over. Funny but... haven't I heard all this before? Let me think. Yeah right. That's it. "Twas about four years ago when Lehman bit the dust. Remember how you - and your neighbours -- felt ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... downgrade hit 16 Spanish banks ahead of a key G8 meeting, rattling investors. At the close, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 1.33 per cent to 5,267.62 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 dropped 0.60 per cent to 6,271.22 points and in Paris ...

Bulls run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... to them. After everything they've done to bring us the GFC, in them we still trust. They told us that subprime loans were top of the class, they're triple AAAs. We believed. But never mind that, we're now all suffering from our faith in them. Fooled ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... spiked over the eurozone debt crisis that is plaguing Greece and now circling Spain. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies lost 1.24 per cent to 5338.38 points on Thursday, while in Frankfurt, the DAX 30 dropped 1.18 per cent to 6308.96 ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... tellingly for the state of the local market, CoreData, which conducted a similar survey in the UK, found that although Britain's top three private banks got marked at an average of more than eight out of 10 by clients on satisfaction, the top three scores ...

AustralianSuper wins landmark IBM mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... likely be a precursor to other corporate super schemes taking similar action. "You'd expect IBM to be the first mover among the top 10 largest corporate funds, which I think will now be looking at what the future will be. I think it's reasonable to expect ...