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

Search Results

Showing 491 - 500 of 1693 results for "Industries"

ERS will impact those who didn't access super: REST

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... amount of cash, so we're liquid, but ERS was a surprise policy decision and the impact COVID-19 would have on different industries and sectors was initially unknown," Doyle said. "We had to ensure that we had more cash available than we thought we would ...

Bloomberg launches ESG ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... social scores for 252 oil and gas companies, as well as board composition scores for 4300 companies across multiple industries. Bloomberg global head of sustainable finance solutions Patricia Torres said Bloomberg saw and took advantage of an opportunity ...

ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... in a post-COVID world. "This includes creating productivity gains by cutting red tape to reduce the cost burden on industries and the economy." ASFA said it worked closely with members to establish a six-step plan to improve post-COVID-19 productivity ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... business confidence index dropped to a reading of -14 in July from zero in the previous month. "Confidence fell in all industries led by mining which saw a sharp decline. With the exception of retail and construction, which saw more modest falls, the ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Victorian exodus, the losses in the state's tourism and education revenues and their multipliers - businesses and industries that services them - among others, and it's not hard to imagine that Victoria will have a problem greater than Houston. ...

Life insurance at tipping point: Industry leaders

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... going to keep sitting around talking about what needs to be done." Similarly, Beer argued that - like many other mature industries around the world - the life insurance industry needed to change its business model. "For the last 20-30 years we have seen ...

Sydney boutique expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... and look at business across all the sectors we cover." "[There are] a lot of commonalities across the businesses and industries. Analysts who are boxed into a single geography or sector can miss out on these insights." "We operate as a very collegiate ...

Momentum, quality outperform in 2020: S&P

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... S&P/ASX 200 Low Volatility Index," she said. "However, the strong industry bias to REITs (one of the worst-performing industries during this period) severely dragged the index return and eroded the outperformance of the index." With markets rebounding ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... of Australia chief executive Date De Gori discussed the many reforms facing the life insurance and financial advice industries during the summit. Kewin admitted the taskforce had been "a bit side-tracked" by the APRA intervention last year, and both ...

NAB Private Wealth bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... experience in strategy, finance and transformation from working in consultancy, financial services, medical and media industries. Calvin Cordle has moved into the role of executive, private south from his position as regional customer executive, Melbourne ...