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

Search Results

Showing 4771 - 4780 of 8433 results for "Big"

Sunsuper harnesses Facebook reach

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... plus a $5,000 donation for their school or community club. Five runners-up will also receive prizes. Moves by Australia's big-four banks to harness the power of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to talk to followers has been well publicised ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
Financial advisers are the driving force behind falling premium rates on life cover products, according to ClearView's Clive Levinthal. A recent joint study by the life insurer and industry information supplier Plan For Life shows that premiums have ...

Super cap breaches tumble

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... their contributions closely. "What concerns us now is that the cap has halved again and if history repeats, we could see a big spike in cap breaches in the 2012/13 financial year." In many cases, once the cap has been breached, the ATO has limited discretion ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following strong positive leads from the US and European bourses on fresh hopes Spain will ask for some sort of aid and improved sentiment regarding Greece. At 0826 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Investors must mount pressure on fund managers if they want to see an improvement in private equity transparency, according to Hamilton Lane's managing director Tara Blackburn. While the sector has made significant strides to overhaul its reputation ...

Mason Stevens appoints head of equities

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Mason Stevens has appointed Jack Chemello as head of equities in a newly created role, it was announced today. Chemello joins from BT where he was portfolio manager of the flagship BT Imputation fund. He also managed BT's ethical funds and was responsible ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... 2,098.70. But Tokyo ended 0.51 per cent higher, adding 43.81 points to 8,577.93 as bargain-hunting in auto shares offset a big fall in telecom giant Softbank. WELLINGTON - The NZX 50 Index rose 19.71 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 3916.365.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower after a mixed lead from the US where stocks gave up early gains on firm bank earnings and a rise in consumer confidence on Friday with worries about the new earnings season clouding optimism. At 0745 AEDT ...

ASIC champion hybrid name change

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... needed." The corporate watchdog's warnings follow more than $11 billion worth of hybrids issued since the start of the year by big banks and household name companies such as IAG, Caltex, CBA and Westpac. ASIC has twice cautioned investors to not be blindsided ...

Big data 'big headache' for super: J.P Morgan

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
Understanding the likely impact of "big data" is rapidly becoming a key differentiator for Australian super funds and other large financial institutions vying for customers, according to J.P Morgan. The asset servicing firm argues that those funds truly ...