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

Search Results

Showing 5621 - 5630 of 6605 results for "Future2"

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Day One of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) highlighted the testimony of an investment veteran who said the industry has long been on steroids - and called the commissioners to help build a system that doesn't need to save the banks every ...

Future Fund mulls Transurban investment

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is considering an investment in toll-road operator Transurban and is in preliminary discussions with the Canadian pension funds that proposed to buy the infrastructure group in October. On October 27, the Canada Pension Plan Investment ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Jobs, jobs, jobs. Another month, another good jobs report. Yes, ladies and gents, Australia's labour market continues to improve. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released the latest tally showing that jobs downunder increased by 31,200 in November ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open higher on Friday after US stocks gained on better than expected US export figures. At 0711 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 26 points higher at 4,640. In company news ...

Future Fund targets credit assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
The Future Fund is eyeing credit investment opportunities in the US and locally to boost the returns of its debt portfolio. David Neal, chief investment officer at the Future Fund, said the fund is rotating its debt portfolio into opportunistic areas ...

State Super invests $270m in Epoch fund

COMNPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
State Super Financial Services has injected $270 million into Epoch Investment Partners' Global Equity Shareholder Yield strategy. The SSFS mandate will be managed by Epoch's Eric Sappenfield, managing director and portfolio manager. "Epoch's investment ...

Future Fund to grow investments team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
The Future Fund Management Agency will have a bigger investment team than it initially planned - jumping from 29 to around 40 staff by next year - as the cash-heavy fund scours the markets for more investment opportunities. Speaking at the Investment ...

Aviva UK restructures insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
UK-based Aviva is restructuring its business to bring its life and general insurance businesses closer together to benefit from the company's scale. The new structure means both the life and general insurance businesses in the UK will have a shared ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US$1,170.30 per troy ounce. This is how much gold - the commodity, the physical metal - is currently fetching in international markets. Chances are it would go higher and it is now creating problems. Back in March this year -- when the equity markets ...

Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
From selling sophisticated products to retail investors to ineffective disclosure, the Ripoll Inquiry has investigated the factors that fuelled the failure of Opes Prime - and outlined what needs to be done to prevent future disasters. One of the biggest ...