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

Search Results

Showing 4821 - 4830 of 8407 results for "equities"

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... Auld, RBC senior economist Su-Lin Ong, Colonial First State's Head of Investment Markets Research Stephen Halmarick. In equities news, Victory Mining Ltd is due to list on the ASX and Collins Foods holds its annual general meeting in Brisbane. In Australia ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... available to Australian retail investors. "Other than hybrids, retail investors are primarily limited to investing either in equities or in term deposits. There is clearly higher risk and volatility associated with equity investments, whilst conversely ...

Fund managers bullish on Asian bonds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
Despite fund managers remaining neutral on both equities and bonds for Q4, 75% are overweight on hard currency Asian bonds, according to HSBC's latest global manager survey. High yield bonds (90% overweight) and global emerging market bonds (70% overweight) ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... House of Representative Economic committee over alleged corruption in Note Printing Australia (NPA) and Securency. In equities news, the Australia-Japan joint business conference is on in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Friday posted gains for a ...

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... established to encourage the next generation of fund managers. The London Business School and Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, have established the Taylor Family Scholarship, which will allow recipients to further ...

Yield at any cost flawed: GSAM

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... has caused a preoccupation with yield and safe haven stocks, said Goldman Sachs Asset Management's head of Australian equities. Cost pressures, low productivity and the impact of a strong Australian dollar are causing uncertainty, despite falling interest ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... success or failure -- of this recent round of liquidity largesse, it's been so far so good for equity markets. Developed equities have risen by more than 3% since and emerging market equities are up 5% since 5 September (the day before Super Mario announced ...

ETFs hit $6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... still increased 16% to reach $5.7 billion, according to the ASX. This FUM is equivalent to about 9% of indexed Australian equities, based on separate research by Rainmaker, but only about 0.5% of stock market capitalisation. There are five major ETF ...

EM debt not to be overlooked: HSBC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Australian institutional investors, said senior HSBC investment heads. While most are well versed in emerging market equities, many have questioned whether the returns outweigh the risks when it comes to debt, said Geoff Pidgeon, head of global asset ...

Liquidity comes at a price: Certitude

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... by delivering generally more consistent investment returns through exposure to investments that are not correlated to equities and fixed income." He says manufactured liquidity negatively impacts investment performance and volatility - hence defeating ...