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

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 631 - 640 of 688 results for "AL Capital"

Economic round- up: Cutting the apron strings

SUZY MAC | THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2007

It would be an understatement to say that Australian banks have been doing well, but there are increasing murmurs among banking analysts that the market is overpriced and exposed to an increased risk of bad debts. While so far this year Australian banks ...

Maximise returns, don't follow ideology: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007

Treasurer Peter Costello said the primary duty of super fund trustees is to maximise investment returns for members, not to impose ideological prohibitions on what they would prefer to invest their fund members' money in. "There is a place for people ...

AXA boosts profits, broadens Asian market reach

CHRIS NICHOLLS | MONDAY, 23 APR 2007

AXA chairman Rick Allert announced a 25 per cent jump in net profits, increases in capital and investment earnings and the acquisition of Winterthur Hong Kong at AXA's AGM last week. Net profit was up from $542.4 million in 2005 to $677.8 million in ...

ING opens up alternatives

CHRIS NICHOLLS | WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007

ING's has launched a new capital protected fund through its OneAnswer platform that gives investors access to alternative investments with the comfort of built-in safeguards. Developed exclusively for ING by SociA(C)tA(C) GA(C)nA(C)rale Asset Management ...

Russell adds two to international fund

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007

Russell Investment Group has added two new managers to its International Shares Fund, Altrinsic Global Advisors and Alliance Capital Management, who will each manage 10 per cent of the fund. Altrinsic is a global value manager that focuses on drivers ...

US losing grip on depositary receipts: JPMorgan

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007

JPMorgan is predicting a record year of activity for depositary receipts, however activity will migrate away from the US towards the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries in particular. Depositary receipts allow companies to access cross-border ...

IPO activity at record levels: Deloitte

HAMISH MADDEN | TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006

A Deloitte report has found that an expected spike in initial public offer (IPO) activity in December will push the number of IPOs this calendar year to record levels, however the total value of all public floats will be virtually half the 2005 figure. ...

Tandem in the market for flagship practices

HAMISH MADDEN | FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006

Tandem Financial Advice has flagged plans to increase the number of planning practices under its Stairway program from 12 to 22 next year. The Stairway program networks Tandem's flagship practices, giving them a peer group to share best practice ideas ...

Members Equity seeks alternative source of capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM | MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006

Members Equity Bank is sounding out investors for the sale of $50 million of deeply subordinated debt, with the bank obliged to consider alternative sources of quasi-equity in light of a series of policy changes by the banking regulator. The Australian ...

Private equity cash cow keeps growing

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006

Private equity was being promoted yesterday as the major alternative source of returns for fund managers with the promise of returns as high as 31 per cent year on year over 20 years. According to founder and executive chairman of CHAMP Private Equity ...

PAGE:

Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

Videos

Brought to you by

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

Follow the leaders

A guaranteed future

Strength amid noise

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

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

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

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

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Hobart

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Brian Redican

CHIEF ECONOMIST
NEW SOUTH WALES TREASURY CORPORATION

What makes an economist an economist? TCorp chief economist Brian Redican reflects on over three decades of navigating Australia's economic cycles. Riddhima Talwani writes.

READ MORE