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

Search Results

Showing 581 - 590 of 1245 results for "Wester"

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired a new property in Derrimut, Victoria for $8.1 million. The acquisition, effective from 22 December 2014, caps off a busy year for the fund which added properties to the total purchase price value ...

Philanthropic fund establishments return to pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2015
The number of private ancillary funds (PAFs) established in 2014 reached the highest level since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008. As many as 150 PAFs were established in Australia during 2014, compared to around 80 the year before ...

Oil slide, CEO pay and that "income recession"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Oil! Oil! Oil! It's on the slide again! Just when we thought, the price of that black gold has found its footing, fresh news of higher supply and inventories and predictions of lesser demand next year took the floor from under it. While I still maintain ...

FPA appoints WA chapter chair

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed a new chair of its Western Australian chapter. Certified financial planner David Sharpe, of Globe Financial Planning, takes over from Randall Stout. He will support the FPA in ensuring ...

Investec property fund adds more real estate

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired two new industrial properties in Newcastle and the western Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park, for a joint purchase price of $26.9 million. The two newly acquired properties are underpinned by long-term ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
National Australia Bank plans to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities with the launch of a so-called 'green bond.' The NAB Climate Bond is also the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with international Climate ...

FPA Future2 award goes to Kathy Havers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded the 2014 Future2 Community Service of the Year Award to Catalyst Financial Group adviser Kathy Havers. The award was announced at the FPA Congress in Adelaide and recognises FPA members ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Australian Stock market is flat despite a positive lead from Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 climbed 0.19 per cent and 0.2 per cent overnight, both reaching fresh record highs following positive economic data. But Lonsec ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...