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

Search Results

Showing 6241 - 6250 of 7985 results for "Development"

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... selling, leverage or derivatives, or which are narrowly niche-focused or esoteric in nature. His role will include development and launch of new strategies, as well as oversight of pre-existing strategies already under Mercer's discretionary management ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... Gifford, executive director of the UN PRI, said corruption places a firm's reputation at risk and can inhibit economic development. "The consequences of corruption are also felt acutely by the people of developing countries who miss out on vital development ...

AUI boosts retail and insto arms

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... and achieving a fulfilling retirement," said AUI's head of retail, Cameron Dickman. In the institutional business development area, McAssey has been appointed to the newly created role of head of institutional sales, reporting to Adam Coughlan, general ...

Shadforth ramps up client book-buying strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... result in a number of planners leaving the industry. Tony Fenning, head of Shadforth Financial Group, said the group's development strategy is two-fold; buying or partnering with existing businesses and buying the client books of practices looking to ...

China SWF signs resources JV in Canada

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2010
... is a significant part of Penn West's strategy to move from the current resource appraisal phase to commercial scale development and production, according to a Penn West statement. CIC and Penn West said the assets are "world class", which means the production ...

SunGard lends IT muscle to super funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... which is currently changing some of the key functionality of its core systems into components to form a new software development and on-demand delivery environment called Infinity. Infinity is designed to help financial institutions develop and deploy ...

S&P downgrades Challenger Aus Share funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... at AMP Capital. "While S&P believes that the establishment of Merlon Capital Partners is likely to prove a positive development for the management of the Australian Share Income Fund, we have placed the fund 'on hold' pending an upcoming review, which ...

Alliance Bernstein loses staff from Aus Equity Growth and Ind'l funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... rating from S&P on both products. Standard & Poor's said the loss of Carlberg and the three analysts is a significant development and is recommending investors contact their financial planner to gain advice on switching or redeeming funds. Nathan Bode ...

Veitch wins top AXA adviser award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... of the adviser's contribution to the AXA Financial Advice Network. "Each year we assess professional and practice development, feedback from colleagues and the contribution made by the individual to their local and wider community, as well as the industry," ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... China's latest tightening measures? It upped its reserve requirement again this week and tightened rules on pre-sales of development properties yesterday. Was it financial regulatory reforms in the US? Was it the euro plunging to multi-year lows? Was ...