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

Search Results

Showing 441 - 450 of 682 results for "Shorte"

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Asia Pacific is dominating Australian fund manager business, responsible for investing some $23.5 billion of locally managed funds at June 30 last year. According to research by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and Plan For Life, $32.1 billion was ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
After many months of discussion, the FOFA Bill has finally reached parliament but planning associations the AFA and the FPA have slammed the motion after a new feature was revealed without prior consultation with the industry. Minister for Financial ...

Sunsuper appoints new consultant as model shifts

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2011
Sunsuper has appointed Ibbotson Associates Australia to consult on medium term portfolio tilts, adding to its recent reappointment of Mercer, as its relationship with consultants continues to evolve. The $18 billion super fund is also close to bringing ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
While big ticket items like the GST, Carbon Tax and Mining Tax may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer ...

Ben calls on JMK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011
Jumpy! This is the word that came to mind when I was watching last night's trading action in the financial markets. Is it only me or has anybody else noticed that the "bounce around" in share prices have been shortening lately? It used to be a matter ...

Government confirms ban on commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Government's release of the second tranche of its Future of Financial Advice Reforms has provided few surprises, reinforcing plans to ban conflicted remunerations and soft dollar arrangements. Given the level of fanfare that has surrounded the entire ...

Tributes flow for governance visionary

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
The financial services industry has paid tribute to Erik Mather who died on Monday. The former managing director of Regnan, formerly BT Governance Advisory Service, was widely regarded as a leader in governance standards and a protector of superannuation ...

SG High Court challenge lost

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
A legal challenge that questioned whether the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act was valid under the constitution has lost in the High Court of Australia. The case, Roy Morgan Research Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation, ultimately found that the Superannuation ...

New online super tracking portal

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
The Federal Government has announced plans for a new online lost super tracking system, to relocate 5.8 million lost Australian superannuation accounts holding $18.8 billion. In a bid to make super consolidation an easier process, the Australian Taxation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street lost more than 3.5 per cent and European stocks also fell sharply overnight. At 0714 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 76 points at 3,890. In economic ...