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

Search Results

Showing 431 - 440 of 698 results for "Virtu"

Action! in June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
European Central Bank president Mario Draghi appears to have dragged out his promised action on monetary policy long enough. While the ECB announced no changes in monetary policy after its Governing Council meeting last night - the benchmark rate at ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
No surprise, no surprise. Another month... another US$10 billion off the Fed's asset shopping budget and more stressing that interest rates would remain low for a "considerable" time. You, I and Irene very much expected the Federal Open Market Committee's ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Australia's superannuation tax concession is too generous towards the wealthy and should be scrapped before it becomes an expensive drag on the country's finances, according to new research from the Australia Institute. The think tank said that tax ...

Registrations open for Future2 Melbourne to Adelaide ride

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
Registrations are open for the 2014 Future2 Wheel Classic fundraising bike ride from Melbourne to Adelaide. Participants will raise funds that will enable Future2 to make grants to community not-for-profits that give opportunities to disadvantaged children ...

Instos lose chasing high hedge fund returns

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Institutional investors are shooting themselves in the foot by pressuring managers running their hedge fund mandates to chase broad market returns, according to a leading US hedge fund manager. Peak6 Advisors chief executive and chief investment officer ...

Whistleblower claims the existence of 100 CBA rogue advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser and whistleblower Jeffrey Morris has "no doubt" that a proper investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) would reveal at least 100 current or former rogue CBA advisers. ...

Quicker and faster hikes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
What's she done now? All this commotion... and just at her first ever meeting chairing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The S&P 500 index fell by as much as 1.2% and yields on 10-year US Treasuries spiked by as much as 12 basis points overnight ...

MDA provider inks deal with Affinity and Redgum

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Managed discretionary account (MDA) operator, managedaccounts.com.au has inked deals two boutique financial advisory firms to integrate the company's solution into their businesses. The deals with Sydney-based Affinity Wealth Services and Melbourne-based ...

Just jokin' Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
"I was only joking my dear Looking for a way to hide my fear What kind of fool was I I could never win." - Rod Stewart President Putin fought the G7... and the G7 won. At least that's how it appears after Vladimir ordered his Russian troops back to ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street as investors worked through the minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting. At 0833 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 16 ...