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

Search Results

Showing 591 - 600 of 1043 results for "Mutual"

Active and passive funds are not mutually exclusive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Investors who think in terms of either active or passive are missing out on the benefits that arise from blending the two approaches, according to BlackRock Australia's head of retail Mark Oliver. He argues that active funds are best considered for ...

Northstar joins Chan & Naylor joint venture partnership

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
... and advice firm Chan & Naylor. The deal will see Chan & Naylor take an equity share in the company in return for driving mutual growth. Northstar retains operational control of their business. The St. Leonards firm becomes the seventh business to join ...

BlackRock opens global fixed income fund to local investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... income core or core plus strategies Although new to the Australian market, the FIGO strategy has been in place in a US mutual fund since 2010. "FIGO was established in response to investors' desire to diversify their bond portfolios away from traditional ...

Someone mentioned the "S-word" on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... selling. When this occurs, the market experiences increased selling pressure, and thus an overall decline." "As well, many mutual funds experience their fiscal yearend in September. Mutual fund managers, on average, typically sell losing positions before ...

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... made the bold decision to put their houses on the block and set their own commercial real estate company. Growth Equities Mutual (GEM) was founded in 1981 and, as it turns out, the timing of that first investment was pretty good. "It was a rather opportunistic ...

FSC calls for new govt agency to grow industry overseas

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new body, as envisaged by the FSC, would address international integration issues covering mutual recognition arrangements, financial services sections of fair trade agreements, double tax treaties, the Asia Region ...

Treasury Group announces double digit growth for full year

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... digit growth in its profits and funds under management after strong growth from RARE Infrastructure (RARE) and Investors Mutual Limited (IML) in its full year results. In a statement to the ASX the investment management business said that its underlying ...

Consumers ask banks to disclose brand ownership

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... an informed decision." The Customer Owned Banking Association (COBA), representing credit unions, building societies and mutual banks, is also calling for greater disclosure. The same survey found that 70.4% of respondents thought bank advertisements ...

QV Equities raises $180m

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Investors Mutual has raised more than $180m for its new listed investment company (LIC), QV Equities (QVE). The launch of the product last month targeted self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors looking for a diversified share portfolio ...