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

Search Results

Showing 581 - 590 of 1947 results for "Proposal"

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... moment: Repair and prepare for the next generation" (released on May 27), the European Commission (EC) "put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan". As per Factset: "The European Commission announced its proposal for a €750B recovery plan and ...

Receivers appointed to Mayfair 101 entity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... not made despite a number of attempts to contact them," Vasco said. "In addition, we put to the borrower a restructure proposal that we have also received no meaningful response to." It was this incident that necessitated the appointment of receivers ...

Government delays RC implementation timeline

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
The government has deferred the implementation of Royal Commission recommendations by six months. The amended timetable sees measures the government was committed to deliver by June 30 set to arrive by December, and measures scheduled for December now ...

COVID-19 shines a light on ESG: First Sentier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has brought ESG to the fore and will give greater momentum to responsible investment processes, according to First Sentier Investors. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist at First Sentier, said that ESG is at the top of ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... data-driven decisions, such as being able to explore rezoning options, determining the economic benefits of a development proposal, or even the location of important infrastructure, like new metro or light rail stations," he said.

Please be aware of the nearest exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
As the conversation changes towards what the future will look like beyond COVID-19, the major topic at the forefront is what exit strategy lays ahead. Whether government, business or individual, the economic ramifications from the measures taken to ...

Changes to foreign investment rules hurt managed funds

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... Advisors Australia executive chair Guy Hedley said government's FIRB reforms, which require every foreign investment proposal to be scrutinized by the Foreign Investment Review Board, could reduce interest in Australia as a destination for investment. ...

Hume calls for diversity in super fund mergers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Senator Jane Hume has denounced mergers between super funds with similar membership bases, saying concentrated memberships can make funds weak and smaller funds should look to emulate the likes of AustralianSuper and Sunsuper. In an address to the AFR ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... rather than superannuation funds. Finance professor Kevin Davis said the government's "early superannuation release" proposal will only make matters worse. Instead, he suggests the government should allow Australians to borrow against their superannuation ...

Calls for super release to borrow from RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... Australia rather than superannuation funds. It comes as the industry responds to Prime Minister Scott Morrison's proposal to allow Australians financially impacted by the coronavirus to withdraw up to $20,000 over the next two financial years from ...