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

Search Results

Showing 7271 - 7280 of 20555 results for "BEN"

Chi-X appoints Australia chief from Deutsche Bank

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
Four months after his departure, John Fildes' successor as Chi-X Australia chief executive has been appointed. Replacing Fildes is Vic Jokovic. Jokovic takes on the role after retiring from Deutsche Bank in February, having been managing director, co-head ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
An industry super fund with $2.1 billion in assets under management is reducing its premiums on its income protection policy. Intrust Super's PayGuard policy premiums will reduce as much as 12% effective 1 October 2017. Intrust Super chief executive ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Ahead of the company's annual results next week, Magellan Financial Group chief executive Hamish Douglass explained to investors why the flagship global equity fund has swung back into outperformance after disappointing returns last year. While 2016-17 ...

ETFs set to continue dominance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Nearly one third of Australia's financial advisers will increase their use of exchange traded funds in client portfolios over the next 12 months. This is a key finding from a recent Rainmaker adviser survey which showed that while 35% of advisers are ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Financial Index Australia entered into an enforceable undertaking with ASIC after an investigation found advisers had moved clients into more expensive, FIA-branded products without reason. ASIC identified a number of issues within FIA's financial advice ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is urging the Federal Government to introduce laws requiring companies to report on the steps they are taking to ensure supply chains are free of slavery. This, according to ACSI, will enable increased ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

Labor cracks down on discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is cracking down on high-income earners exploiting a trust loophole that minimises tax bills. The Labor leader is pledging to impose a minimum 30% tax rate on the distributions of discretionary trusts to beneficiaries ...

DNR scores high in first Zenith SMA review

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Zenith has commenced reporting on the Australian equities separately-managed accounts (SMA) sector, awarding DNR Capital three "recommended" ratings in the process. DNR Capital's Australian Equities Income Portfolio, Australian Equities High Conviction ...

Powered by low-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Wall Street's on a tear with all of the equity market's benchmark indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones; Nasdaq; Russell 2000 - hitting record highs last week. The most proximate cause is, of course, the strong June quarter earnings results. According to Factset ...