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

Search Results

Showing 5991 - 6000 of 6266 results for "DET"

Schroder's equity funds tough it out in July; hybrid fund shines

Underperformance from NAB and Sons of Gwalia in July weighed on the performance of the Schroder Wholesale Australian equity fund, which finished down 0.5% in the month against a 0.2% rise in the benchmark ASX/S&P-200 index. Schroders also said its underweight ...

Sunsuper announces new investment advisory team

Sunsuper today revealed details of a restructure of the group's investment and consulting team which it claims will place the fund at the leading edge of global pensions and investment management. Sunsuper said the changes were designed to allow the ...

AMP sees further capital returns to shareholders

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2004
Funds management and insurance company AMP today foreshadowed further capital returns to shareholders after reporting a better than expected first half profit. It also said it would offer 800,000 customers with superannuation and pension products lower ...

Mariner to launch a TAP and reveal new retirement income products

Mariner Financial is poised to launch a Term Allocated Pension (TAP) alongside a suit of retirement income products on 15 September, the financial services group announced today. The launch of the new retirement products is timed to be in place ahead ...

Shareholders have the power; ASIC

In a clarifying statement issued today, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed only shareholders of a public company have the power to remove company directors. ASIC referred to The Corporations Act 2001 citing only the ...

Boutique's attracting the top talent; van Eyk

Personnel, not just performance is driving the trend towards boutique fund managers, Steven van Eyk says. In a research paper released on Tuesday, van Eyk said there were a number a reasons that explain the rising dominance of small boutique fund managers ...

Disclosure must be in dollars; ASIC

The Australia Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has invited public comment to its latest policy proposal released on Tuesday suggesting all disclosure figures for fees and benefits be presented in dollar terms. "Unless ASIC makes a determination ...

Tighter prudential requirements for LMIs: APRA

A discussion paper released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on Monday proposes tighter capital restrictions for lenders mortgage insurers (LMI's) and a new regulatory capital model for the industry. APRA chairman Dr John Laker ...

MFS buys Japanese resort

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2004
Queensland-based diversified financial services group MFS, which took control of Victorian ski resorts Falls Creek and Mt Hotham in May, on Monday unveiled a multi-million dollar plan to build an 8000 bed ski resort in Japan. MFS is using the expertise ...

James Hardie a good example of why invest with SRI's; EIA

With James Hardie shares having nose-dived more than 20% in the wake of the furor surrounding the company's handling of its asbestos liabilities, Ethical Investment Association (EIA) executive director Louise O'Halloran told the Financial Standard now ...