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

Search Results

Showing 41 - 50 of 57 results for "Richest 1%"

Super needs to forget about politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
Superannuation has to move away from the daily political noise and adopt a long term approach, AustralianSuper CEO Ian Silk said yesterday at the AIST's Conference of Major Super Funds in Brisbane. "Superannuation tax concessions are costing over $30 ...

Early engagement key to next-gen wealth transfer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
Philanthropic foundations or trusts offer affluent families an ideal way to engage their children in wealth management and investment from an early age to promote the smooth transfer of wealth between generations, according to Opportunity Australia's ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
A consortium lead by Asia's richest man has purchased a British gas distribution company from investors including Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds 2 SARL and AMP Capital. The deal to purchase Wales & West Utilities Limited - subject to European ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2012
Australian shares have posted strong gains after better-than-expected trade data boosted already buoyant mining stocks. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing a surge in exports and a widening trade surplus gave further impetus to mining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
Australian stocks have opened slightly higher after mixed leads from offshore bourses kept investors wary ahead of the start of the local earnings season. Wall Street ended lower after US gross domestic product (GDP) data missed expectations - despite ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Australian shares may decline slightly after US stocks fell on Friday as talks to reach an agreement over the US debt ceiling continued to feed market uncertainty. But mining stocks may gain after some metals, including gold, silver and copper, rose. ...

Asian private wealth tops Europe

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
Asia's community of high net wealth individuals (HNWI) overtook Europe for the first time in 2010 as the world's richest look set to pour more money back into equities and commodities 2012. Asia-Pacific posted the strongest rate of HNWI population growth ...

Super the nation's best money aggregator

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
Super funds aggregate wealth better than the stock market and it's time the nation harnessed that firepower, said Garry Weaven, chair of Industry Funds Management. Speaking at an IFM superannuation forum yesterday, Weaven said it's the job of trustees ...

Ironstone partners advisers in property

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
The issue of investing in residential property, particularly through self managed super funds (SMSF), is highly problematic for financial advisers due to restrictions prohibiting them to offer property-related advice, according to Ironstone Group. Sean ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Financial planners have a new tool on hand to work out how best to cater for their next generation of clients following a new wealth report that shows which countries are breeding more billionaires and how they are investing their money. For decades ...