The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 471 - 480 of 497 results for "Spike"

Trends in market expectations

... houses. However by December approximately 54 per cent of each group predicted a lift in the asset class. August 2004 saw a spike in the proportion of fund managers, banks and research houses anticipating a rise in the asset class climbing to 92 per cent ...

Australian dollar opens firmer despite $US strengthening overnight

AAP | THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2004

... high of 0.7248 in the New York session. Westpac's currency strategist in New York Richard Franulovich said the overnight spike in the oil price had not been much of a catalyst for price action, unlike in other sessions. More important were some comments ...

Investors now less risk averse: ING

Investors are becoming less risk averse with an increasing take up of shares, managed funds and property, ING said today. According to the latest ING Melbourne Institute Household Savings & Investment Report, the September quarter found a greater proportion ...

US: New York oil hits all-time high of $US43.85

AAP | MONDAY, 2 AUG 2004

New York\'s main crude oil contract shot to an all-time high on Friday night as a financial crisis at Russian oil titan Yukos unleashed a fresh wave of speculative buying. New York\'s benchmark contract, light sweet crude for delivery in September ...

More jobs and money in banking; Michael Page

... into an M&A transaction or an IPO, and this more detailed analytical work is often done by professionals at this level. The spike in recruitment activity has also driven up salaries for finance professionals, particularly front office employees. "Across ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2004

The Australian share market is likely to retreat after significant falls on Wall Street and a slump in the gold price. US Stocks fell to one month lows after a number of profit warnings by companies. While gold eased by more than $US5, world oil prices ...

Bumper year for ASX

The Australian Stock Exchange released its financial year-end statistics yesterday, recording an annual 16.8% increase in the value of the benchmark S&P/ASX-200 and a 17.7% increase in the smaller All Ordinaries index. The sharemarket posted a new record ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004

... late-afternoon comeback on Tuesday, closing higher as investors focused on strong economic data, putting aside worries over a spike in crude oil prices to a record high. Still, the recent performance of oil prices could be a boost to domestic resource ...

InTech says double-digit returns within reach

... mid-February, the Australian dollar fell overnight to a six-month low below $US0.70. The most recent decline fueled a 4% spike in unhedged investments in April, according to InTech, estimating to have added approximately 0.8% to the returns of a typical ...

All eyes this week on RBA governor speech: economists

... it, a sentiment which might get markets re-evaluating the chance of a rate rise." Dr Edwards said that while the current spike in commodity prices did not suit the United States or Europe, it benefited Australia as higher prices for metals, minerals ...

PAGE:

Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

Videos

Brought to you by

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Strength amid noise

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

A guaranteed future

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

Follow the leaders

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Hobart

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Brian Redican

CHIEF ECONOMIST
NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY CORPORATION

What makes an economist an economist? TCorp chief economist Brian Redican reflects on over three decades of navigating Australia's economic cycles. Riddhima Talwani writes.

READ MORE