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

Search Results

Showing 4831 - 4840 of 10707 results for "May 2011"

Standard Life marks Australian real estate as top performer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
Global asset manager Standard Life Investments says Australia is forecast to be the top-performing commercial real estate market in Asia Pacific. Sydney and Melbourne office spaces are tipped to be the winners "given a resilient Australian economy ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A growing number of Australians are not prepared for retirement, while those already retired fear of outliving their savings, the latest research from Investment Trends shows. According to the 2016 Retirement Income Report, 44% of the 6987 surveyed ...

One Direction and the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
There's "One Direction (1D)" - the English-Irish pop music boy band -- and there's the Bank of England (BOE). Like the big event of March - the US Federal Reserve lifted the fed funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75% - 1.0% at its 15-16 March FOMC meeting ...

AMP Capital overhauls ESG investment strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
AMP Capital is introducing an ethical investment framework that will divest about $570 million in 'dangerous' or unethical investments across its entire portfolio. The company is ramping its commitment to responsible investing, and applying its new ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

Instreet launches VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Instreet Start-Up Fund invests in companies operating in niche markets and provides investors early stage innovation companies (ESIC) tax incentives. It will select five to 10 startups that have the potential to produce high revenue growth, invest ...

UniSuper redefines comfortable retirement

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
UniSuper is advocating for the redefinition of 'comfortable retirement' saying that the current one-size-fits-all approach is not the most effective way to achieve optimal retirement outcomes. The industry fund, while remaining supportive of the plan ...

Past Morgan Stanley adviser hit with permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
A former Morgan Stanley Wealth Management adviser was permanently banned for failing to act in the best interests of clients and providing inappropriate advice. Employed by Morgan Stanley between January 2013 and May 2015, Andrew Peter Panayiotides ...

Plato launches income-focused LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Plato Investment Management is establishing its first listed investment company, responding to investor demand. The initial public offering for Plato Income Maximiser Limited (ASX:PL8) allows Australian investors to access an actively managed, diversified ...

Super deadline driving adviser self-education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
The looming super reforms are driving significant increases in traffic to MLC's online technical resources as financial advisers ready themselves for 1 July. Since the legislative changes were announced in May 2016, MLC has recorded a 104% increase ...