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

Search Results

Showing 5761 - 5770 of 7332 results for "Returns"

U V W X Y Z

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... have at most 11 more months before taking profits. In five years? Wow! That's five years of accumulated and compounded returns - perhaps enough to offset the rise in inflation and interest rates. Enough to tide us over the next dip. For sure a bold capital ...

Challenger returns to core

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Challenger Financial Services has posted full year net profit after tax (NPAT) of $219 million, up 1 per cent versus last year on funds under management (FUM) down 27 per cent to $16 billion. The group said at the results presentation this morning that ...

Caveat to APRA data: ASFA

ASFA MEDIA STATEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
Super fund returns data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority yesterday are of "very limited assistance" to consumers, said industry body ASFA. ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said that the performance numbers cited by APRA are ...

APRA launches data revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
APRA has released its fund level returns data and in the process launched a revolution in the extent of data now available for researchers investigating superannuation. Data now available includes, for each fund, details of what they provide to the ...

I feel your pain, literally

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... choices that deliver over the short-term instead of the long term (e.g. short term investment gains now rather than stable returns over the long term). Similarly, pain centres in the brain light up for both physical pain (getting hit by a ball) and social ...

HSBC wins AMP Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... as a component of the fixed interest asset class, and will act as a hedge against inflation while still accessing the returns of the asset class. "This is a good example of how HSBC is leveraging its global competitive advantage here in Australia. We're ...

LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... allowed LGS to reduce carbon emissions by approximately 10,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum. "We are committed to achieving solid returns for our members through investments which have a positive influence on our community," said LGS chief executive, Peter ...

VicSuper and FSS win AIST scholarships

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... emerging markets. "The Global Dialogue enables participants to consider contemporary challenges about long- term investment returns in the context of social, economic and environmental sustainability, and to develop strategies for future global cooperation," ...

Gen Y have unrealistic investment expectations: research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
Gen-Y investors expect double-digit returns despite the fact that, on average, they hold a third of their investments in cash and are highly risk-averse, research shows. The RaboPlus sponsored data compiled by Celsius Research surveyed investors with ...

Liquidity problem in unlisted assets overstated: RWA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... position, they noted. The major concerns surrounding unlisted valuations is instead that the increasing focus on short term returns is at odds with the long term investment horizon that makes investing in unlisted assets compelling. "We consider any ...