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

Search Results

Showing 5981 - 5990 of 8593 results for "SIM"

Sequencing risk impacts super savings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The post-global financial crisis combined with longevity issues has brought strategies to manage sequencing risk to the forefront in Australia, according to Chad Padowitz, chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management. Although many retirees ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight and a mixed performance on European bourses after disappointing US retail sales data and concern remaining over the euro zone. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the June ...

PPM moves to meet IMA demand

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012
Private Portfolio Managers has appointed Andrew Beirne to its team in anticipation of continued growth in demand for individually managed accounts among family offices, charities and wealthy individuals. "Investors are increasingly rejecting managed ...

Volatility predicted for emerging markets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
EM fixed income allocations, pressure on the US dollar and stress from Europe are likely to be the three factors presenting a challenge to short-term emerging market volatility, according to HSBC Global Asset Management. Guillermo Osses, head of EMD ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
The Prime Minister has rushed to dismiss calls to increase the retirement age to 70, even though unlocking labour force participation for women and older people is seen as one the best approaches to boosting productivity and GDP. The Grattan Institute ...

Wealthy clients need consumer protections too: FPSB

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Regulators should be wary of simplistic distinctions between retail and wholesale clients, warns the global interest group the Financial Planning Standards Board. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) is the owner of the Certified Financial ...

Shareholder backlash hits Macquarie MGU

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Western Investment LLC, a large shareholder in Macquarie Global Infrastructure Total Return Fund, has publicly criticised the fund's board of directors, claiming they are failing to act in shareholders' best interests. Western Investment (Western) is ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) employee, Joe Chan, after he was found to have failed to meet adviser obligations. Australian Securities ...

New switching device cuts latency

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Trading times are on the brink of becoming even quicker with today's launch of the world's fastest switching device with a latency of 130 nanoseconds. "There was a time not that long ago when nobody cared about network devices and they were viewed as ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
"Confusion raining down from up high And all the time you ask yourself 'why?' Why can't you make decisions Can't make up your mind." -- Confusion, The Zutons This, Virginia, sums up the current state of the markets. With so much uncertainty around ...