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

Search Results

Showing 6981 - 6990 of 9322 results for "Red"

Westpac offers carbon trade platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
Westpac introduces carbon trading platform to Australian market after joining with global carbon credit trading exchange, Carbon Trade Exchange. The platform is an electronic interface for the voluntary carbon market that allows companies to trade as ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... climbed 27 cents to $23.78, NAB had advanced 19 cents to $25.54 and Westpac was eight cents higher at $24.17. CBA opened in red figures but had climbed back into positive territory by lunchtime to be up 35 cents at $52.19. Mr Bishop said that barring ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
The Australian share market was flat at noon on low volumes as traders and investors searched for reasons to ignite a rally. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index opened 0.18 per cent lower, but by 1200 AEDT was up just one point, or 0.02 per cent, at 4,734.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... its bid to prevent Metcash Ltd's $215 million takeover of Franklins. On Monday, the Australian stock market closed in the red amid concerns about Japan's nuclear problems and increasing tensions in Yemen. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed down nine ...

Super rollovers go electronic

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
A trial program to electronically process super fund rollovers has passed with flying colours and is now open for business. REST, Sunsuper and StatewideSuper tested out the Industry Funds Forum's new eRollover system to see whether it would accurately ...

Adviser remuneration debate sparks fly

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) hits back at Industry Super Fund research claiming consumers save $82,000 by retirement age by avoiding financial adviser fees. According to the AFA, this research was designed to distract consumers from industry ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
CCH, a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer, the provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services, has launched CCH Financial Reporter, which it claims can reduce the time taken to produce financial reports by up to 90 per cent. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Nasdaq rose 38 points, or 1.4 per cent, to 2,736. All three have gained more than two per cent this week. Software company Red Hat Inc, chip maker Micron Technology Inc and Chef Boyardee maker ConAgra Foods Inc all reported results that beat expectations. ...

KPMG investment consulting no direct threat

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
KPMG's launch of a specialised investment consulting offering will fill a significant gap in the market for direct investment advice to superannuation funds, said its head, James O'Leary. KPMG Investment Consulting officially launched this week after ...

Capitalism killed Mars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011