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

Search Results

Showing 691 - 700 of 846 results for "Buyer"

Property downturn over: RP Data

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
The bear run of the residential property market is at an end, marked by the surprise slashing of interest rates by the RBA this week, claims RP Data. According to national RP Data property research director Tim Lawless, the residential market has now ...

Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Just when you thought the financial crisis couldn't get any crazier, former Treasurer Peter Costello said planners are to blame for super fund members losing money from their super fund accounts following the stockmarket rout. "The government didn't ...

Macq to sell investment lending arm

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
While St.George's margin lending division will try to ride the tough markets, the credit crunch has taken its toll on one of its key rivals with Macquarie Bank in talks to find a partner for its $3 billion loan book. In an ASX statement, Macquarie said ...

Green advice is not a stretch: Brisbane

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
Becoming a responsible investment financial adviser doesn't require significant changes to the business and shouldn't adversely affect client portfolios, according to Michelle Brisbane, Ethical Investment Services representative. Brisbane said existing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... $US50 billion ($A61 billion) in stock and Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after failing to find a buyer during a weekend of crisis talks. Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it has exposure to the collapsed New York investment ...

Lehman Bros files for bankruptcy

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
Lehman Brothers yesterday filed for bankruptcy in the US, and the shock effects are already reverberating around the world. According to a press statement released by Lehman Brothers, the group's board of directors has authorised the filing of the petition ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... economy. Investors ran for cover after the bankruptcy filing by investment firm Lehman Brothers, which failed to find a buyer during a weekend of crisis talks, and the emergency sale of Wall Street rival Merrill Lynch. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial ...

Practice owners demand cultural fit

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
A Centurion Market Makers survey found almost four fifths of financial planning practice owners are looking for a 'cultural fit' and a similar standard in delivering advice rather than just the right price when selling their business. The survey revealed ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... Minister was recently in China he said to the Chinese that we are the world's biggest coal exporter and they are the biggest buyer. We have a huge interest in finding a solution around coal particularly concerning carbon capture and storage," said Senator ...

Fed does an RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
The RBA did not disappoint market expectations and announced no change in the official interest rate of 7.25 percent while markets interpreted the RBA's accompanying statement as an indication that an interest rate reduction is in the offing. In its ...