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

Search Results

Showing 5451 - 5460 of 12589 results for "Company"

Prime Value launches SIV fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... changes to the SIV regulations, which now require investors to allocate a minimum of $1.5 million to ASX-listed emerging company funds, and a minimum $500,000 in venture capital funds. The fund will follow a similar investment strategy to the high conviction ...

Millennials champion impact investing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... environment. As many as 63% think values based investing delivers the same or better financial returns and 47% have boycotted a company or brand because they disagree with the ethics of their behaviour. At the other side of the spectrum, 27% have no ...

XTBs added to Praemium, HUB24 super platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... stability of corporate bonds with the transparency and liquidity of the ASX market," explained Australian Corporate Bond Company chief executive Richard Murphy. "We're working closely with advisers and brokers to help further educate retail investors ...

Shaw and Partners appoints more institutional execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... was previously at CIMB Securities in Hong Kong, where she coordinated conferences, events and corporate access for the company across the region. Her role will be to ensure Shaw and Partners' research analysts have open access to the companies they are ...

SG Hiscock finds value far from ASX big caps

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... February 2006 has been 16%, slightly higher than the ASX300 (14%), but lower than the ASX Small Ords (20%). "Being a large company does not automatically mean it is high quality. Equally, being a small company does not automatically mean it is high risk," ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... he says. That it is easy to draw parallels between Sowerby's approach to the swim and making an investment in a private company is not a coincidence; success in business and success in a feat like crossing the Channel comes down to understanding and ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... issue in the near term. Executive remuneration is also a key feature in the new guidelines, reaffirming ACSI support for company boards with remuneration structures aligned to the delivery of company strategy, and designed to promote sustainable long-term ...

Towers Watson wins public sector fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... appointment "would underpin a robust investment governance framework." Towers Watson is a global professional services company that helps organisations improve performance through people, risk and financial management. Towers Watson's investment team ...

SSFS rebrands, launches digital advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... Financial Services has rebranded and unveiled its new digital advice channel. Now known as StatePlus, the wealth management company is focusing on developing its digital strategy, building out facilities for digital advice delivery (including live chat) ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... about 80%. In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Challenger chief executive Brian Benari said the company is seeing "promising quote and initial sales volumes, including from advisers who have traditionally not sold our products." ...