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

Search Results

Showing 581 - 590 of 4509 results for "Cover"

Future Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
An Australian Retirement Trust infrastructure specialist has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Maria Guo joined ART as senior portfolio manager from Sunsuper, where she worked four years as an investment manager before its ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The escalation of armed violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) raises investor concerns over business responsibility under international humanitarian law (IHL). Investors are increasingly interested in understanding their risks ...

GQG adds local sales staffer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The Florida-based boutique investment manager continues to grow its wholesale footprint by hiring more distribution people in Australia. GQG Partners has appointed Daniel Pantè as associate director of business development to help look after Victorian ...

MaxCap, Australian Unity in social infrastructure partnership

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
The real-estate investment manager has joined forces with Australian Unity and UniLodge to develop $1 billion of new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets across Australia. The social infrastructure strategy is focused on meeting the increasing ...

Super tax change to impact SMSF members: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023
... superannuants to plan investments and manage liquidity. "Asset rich, income poor SMSF members will find it difficult to cover their additional tax liability, and this problem is likely to worsen over time as unrealised capital gains accrue while tax ...

Private credit boom sweeps Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
The private credit boom shows no signs of abating as a spate of wealth managers step into traditional lending practices once dominated by banks. But how long will its golden hour last? After a prolonged low-growth period, fund managers are swooping ...

AMP shareholder class action settlement slashed

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... amount. Maurice Blackburn will take a $26 million cut of the settlement because of costs incurred over a five-year period that cover "investigating and preparing the matter for trial, and numerous pretrial hearings that occurred in this period". "It ...

ReCALIbrate grant winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... generation of talent." This, Gooderick said, will ensure that consumers understand their life insurance needs, secure adequate cover and, at claim time, get benefits paid. "Women have historically been under-represented in our industry and at industry ...

Future Fund slapped with new disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... Future Fund but also the Disaster Ready, Future Drought Fund, and the Medical Research Future Fund. The first report will cover investments held by or on behalf of the board as at December 31. It will be published by the end of the first quarter of 2024. ...

Allianz Retire+ launches retirement solution for super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... retirees. "We have developed Group Retirement Solutions and just as you would partner with a life company to provide life cover, super funds can now partner with a life company to provide retirement solutions that can be managed at the group level," ...