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

Search Results

Showing 5631 - 5640 of 8611 results for "DIF"

Chi-X saved investors $215 million in first year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The increased competition provided by Chi-X, Australia's largest alternative exchange venue, saved investors $215 million in trading costs in the 12 months since launch, a study conducted by Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has estimated. ...

Hunter Hall founder targets instos and SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2013
Parker Asset Management has re-launched in Australia as Altair Asset Management to reflect a broadening of its business beyond family office and private wealth investment to include institutional and retail clients. Philip Parker, who co-founded Hunter ...

Advisers face shrinking market as super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Financial advisers face a shrinking market and increased competition as the government's StrongerSuper reforms force smaller superannuation funds to merge, according to Jenny Wilcocks, a partner at law firm Holding Redlich. "The government's agenda ...

Infrastructure trumps other assets over time: ISN

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Infrastructure is the best long-term investment, according to research by the Industry Super Network (ISN). The research shows that $100 invested 15 years ago would be worth $562 today. This makes infrastructure by far the strongest performer over the ...

State Street appoints head of active investment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has rejigged its leadership team, bringing it in line with changes in investment strategy. Current CIO head of cash Steve Meier will become CIO of fixed income, currency and cash. This reflects a move to bring all ...

The Big Benny sings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
I beg your pardon, but was that it? Was that the song we've waited all this time for Big Benny to sing? The song remains the same to me. The same tune Ben Bernanke sang on the 22nd of May. The June FOMC statement was practically a rehash of the one ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

Aust(Q) merger with AustralianSuper 'in members' interest'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
The small Queensland-based industry super fund AUST(Q) Super has announced an 'in principle' merger with industry giant AustralianSuper, set to take place later this year following due diligence processes. AUST(Q) Super chair Bob Henricks said the merger ...

Investors move to real assets after GFC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Australian investors are moving away from sovereign debt and showing a preference for infrastructure and direct property, the annual Principal Global Investors (PGI) CREATE Report found. The ageing population and a global move by governments and corporates ...