The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 2929 results for "Little"

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026

... would penalise super funds holding assets that generate franked dividends, even where those dividends ultimately attract little or no tax due to superannuation's concessional tax rates. "In practice, the proposal could result in identical investment ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026

... bullish on these "emerging and niche" sectors of the property market, as they are less interest rate-sensitive and exhibit little correlation with traditional asset classes and economic cycles. Specifically, he explained the opportunities arising from ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026

... borrowing costs. Rumours that President Trump may nominate his economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, as the next Fed chair will do little to reassure markets about the Fed's independence." The US 10-year Treasury yield rose by one point to 4.19% and the US ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026

... many investors were under-allocated to gold in 2025, including some large superannuation funds that have historically had little or no allocation to precious metals," Jocum said. "Looking ahead, investors are likely to reverse this under-positioning ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026

... upswing. While growth has improved, progress on inflation has stalled," Clarke said. "We expect GDP growth to pick up a little further over the next six months, from 2.1%/yr in Q3 25 to peak at 2.4%/yr in Q1 26 before settling down to 2.2% by end 2026. ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025

... should the economic environment deteriorate but we see that maturities of US issuers are spread widely over time, with very little debt maturing through to the end of 2026," LaRusse said. In light of recent economic data and industry sentiment anticipating ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025

... Melbourne-based investment management firm sees AI as a five to 10-year bull market opportunity. "There's going to be little DeepSeek-type moments along the way and little corrections along the way, but fundamentally we can see a path to some pretty ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025

... inflation, offering compelling real returns given higher neutral rates. It also said central banks' activities will have little impact on the asset class, as US fixed income can also provide diversification if artificial intelligence (AI) disappoints ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025

... incredible run from the post Liberation Day lows, and so over time, a lot of market participants, they start to get up a little bit long as they chase that momentum," Colosimo said. "All it takes is a bit of negative news and you can get a bit of a pullback ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025

... where there is more certainty around rainfall and irrigation and productive capacity, versus areas where it might be a little more marginal," he says. Expensive properties in Queensland and Northern Territory, with millions of acres, for example, have ...

PAGE:

Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

Videos

Brought to you by

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

A guaranteed future

Follow the leaders

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Strength amid noise

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE