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

Search Results

Showing 4461 - 4470 of 5458 results for "Dom"

Fidelity chief resigns

Michael Ohlsson has resigned as the managing director of Fidelity Investments Australia citing personal reasons. His decision came after three years at the helm and after an intense period of product launches and staff expansion. Since October 2005 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Economic balancing act

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2007
Producer price index (PPI) data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday show an increase in producer prices of 1.0 per cent in the June quarter, slightly higher than the median forecast of 0.8 per cent and giving an annual increase ...

Mellon wins $17.5m MFS mandate

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
Mellon Global Investments Australia has won a $17.5 million mandate from MFS Investment Management (MFSIM) to manage their Premium Income Fund. Managed by the Australian-domiciled Mellon Global Bond Alpha Trust, the trust actively invests in global ...

Goldman Sachs JBWere appoints new head of equities

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBWAM) has appointed Dion Hershan as its new head of equities. Formerly a part of the Proprietary Trading team, Hershan's move gives him portfolio responsibility for GSJBWAM's fundamental equities funds. Hershan ...

Hiking partners: Aussie dollar and Kiwi inflation

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Ever onwards and upwards, the Australian dollar nudges US88Ac, and New Zealand's inflation is stubbornly refusing to come down. The Australian dollar climbed steadily for a ninth consecutive day to reach an 18-year record of US0.8789 overnight. Falls ...

Local investors still call Australia home

Australians are resisting the pull of emerging markets around the world after a new study found that 8 out of 10 domestic investors still hold Australian shares in their portfolio and the same number prefer to invest here than offshore. The findings ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Stock velocity has increased five fold over the past 15 years, having implications not only for liquidity, but consequentially the capacity constraints of long-only investment managers. The Asia Pacific equity research team at JPMorgan describe 'stock ...

Not drowning just waving

It is confession season for corporates and while the Institutional Broker's Estimate System shows a majority of analysts downgrading profits, the domestic market seems to be waving rather than drowning. A month or so out from the official company results ...

Macq banks on appetite for gearing into super

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2007
Macquarie has seen healthy inflows into its Managed Fund Instalments thanks to investor appetite for gearing into super. Macquarie said its MFIs, which provided geared exposure to a range of domestic and international markets, had been particularly ...