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

Search Results

Showing 4331 - 4340 of 11511 results for "DIV"

Natixis backs gender diversity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
The global investment manager is the latest to join Future Females in Finance, advocating for women in financial services. Natixis Investment Managers has moved to narrow the gender gap in Australia's financial services industry, linking with gender ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
New research by UBS found wealth management giants could lose more than 30% of their platform profits even if they undertake "radical cost surgery". The big players' funds under administration have been plagued by leakage to independent platforms, retail ...

Material weakness in super funds, insurers exposed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
The numerous weaknesses exposed in APRA's prudential inquiry into the Commonwealth Bank are apparent among life insurers and superannuation funds. The prudential regulator wrote to 36 insurers, super funds and ADIs last June off the back of its ...

Chief economist update: Like Britney Spears, Financial Standard's done it again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
"Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%"! This was my piece published on 7 March 2019, based on the 'Taylor Rule' and plugging in Australia's growth and inflation parameters at the time. It took two months and a few days before Reserve ...

Credit fund launches to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
A new credit fund has opened to wholesale investors and will soon launch on the ASX. The Moelis Australia Fixed Income Fund targets the RBA cash rate return plus 4% per annum or 5.5%. The fund invests in diversified credit, including inventory funding ...

Australia lags on dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Australian companies have kept their combined dividend payout flat for five years, even as they continue to climb up globally, according to the latest Janus Henderson Dividend Index. Global dividends now sit at almost twice the level they were at a ...

Lifecycle fails to woo industry super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
Six years after the first lifecycle MySuper products hit the shelves, industry superannuation funds have trailed behind the retail sector in terms of adoption. Only five industry funds ditched their single strategy MySuper product for a lifecycle option ...

BetaShares launches new ETF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
BetaShares announced it will launch a new ETF to give investors access to companies in one of the fastest growing economies in the world via the ASX. The BetaShares India Quality ETF will invest directly in a diversified portfolio of high quality Indian ...

Financial advisers weigh in on factor investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
No longer the domain of institutional investors, factor investing has become ubiquitous in financial advisers' investment strategies - and many do not recognise its influence. Main Street Financial Solutions principal and private client adviser Charles ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
Almost 200 exchange traded funds now trade in Australia, but not all have tickled investor appetite, with several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this ...