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

Search Results

Showing 7361 - 7370 of 8595 results for "SIM"

GESB converts to a 'true' mutual

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2008
WA-based $8.8 billion super fund GESB is next month scrapping its status as a public-servant only super fund and flicking the switch to become a mutual, complete with voting rights and direct member ownership. Starting 1 July, GESB members will have ...

Life settlements open to Aussie investors

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Life settlements might seem like an unconventional asset class - but an Australian fund manager claims the sector poses a fresh set of opportunities for local insto investors. Investing in life settlements, particularly in the US, involves buying out ...

Housing affordability report fails to deliver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
Housing affordability is like petrol prices in that it brings out the economic enthusiasts with their so-called miracle solutions. The latest set of big ideas is from the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability that this week released its major ...

Mums-and-dads want investing made simple

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
A comprehensive two-year study of retail and institutional investors in the US has found there is still a great divide between how mums-and-dads invest as opposed to their insto counterparts. The findings were from a University of Queensland Business ...

Pentafin tags Thunderhead for SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2008
Pentafin has secured the Thunderhead NOW platform to support its unit trust and managed accounts (MA) business. Pentafin partnered with Thunderhead following a global hunt for a solution provider to cater to the technology firm's MA and unit trust requirements. ...

Another take on LPTs

While many investors have long thrown the listed property trust sector in the sin bin, a leading property expert said there's the odd gem to be found, particularly in the office sector. Ken Atchison, founding principal of property research firm Atchison ...

Pentafin joins personal super crowd

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Pentafin is tackling the personal superannuation market with a new product within its OneVue suite. A key part of this new offering includes Ingevity's Longevity Insurance, a relatively new "income for life" concept which allows retirees to access their ...

Fin advice satisfaction down

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
Clients are showing a small decrease in satisfaction with the advice they are receiving from their financial planners, new research shows. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index decreased slightly from 74.3 six months ago to 73.2 in June. ...

Market wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
The Australian share market continued yesterday's significant decline at midday as weaker industrial metals and gold weighed on the resources sector. At 1209 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 30.4 points, or 0.56 per cent, at 5,407, while ...

AMP launches Loan Cover

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
AMP is using mortgage brokers to address Australia's under insurance problem with Loan Cover, a simple personal insurance product which requires no underwriting. Loan Cover includes up to $500,000 terminal illness and death cover and can be distributed ...