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

Search Results

Showing 7371 - 7380 of 28273 results for "NOT"

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... darlings'... will be in the top 10 in 2030, and how many will still be trading at the same lofty multiple? History would suggest not many." During the dot com boom investors purchased their favourite internet names; fuelling share prices higher, which ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... findings the DOL made in 2018 on the relationship between ESG considerations and investment considerations. Fiduciaries "must not too readily treat ESG factors as economically relevant to the particular investment choices at issue when making a decision," ...

IPOs halve off the back of COVID-19

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... "There were multiple listings which were subsequently withdrawn during the period amidst difficult market conditions. This is not surprising as market uncertainty and share price volatility do not generally provide a listing-friendly environment given ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Australia governor Philip Lowe has said the government will likely need to borrow more money, but warned the central bank will not directly provide funding. Giving his annual address to the Anika Foundation, Lowe stressed that while the subject of the ...

HESTA doubles down on climate action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... local and global green capital investment on Australian soil. "In Australia alone we have an incredible opportunity to attract not only global investment but to draw on the almost $3 trillion pool of superannuation savings to power a green-led recovery ...

12 charged in $17m fraud

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... system," she said. "The SFCT is focused on pursuing people who deliberately try to rip off the country by evading their taxes. Not complying with tax obligations is not a victimless crime - the whole community is impacted by this behaviour. Revenue loss ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... (MFF) - the regular EU Budget - amounting to around €1.1 trillion over seven years. The size of the NGEU fund was huge, but not "historic" as some headlines put it. The European Central Bank's (ECB) pandemic emergency purchase programme (PEPP) ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... the Great Depression and many small businesses won't survive. "Our inquiry has found that the system as it stands does not work for small businesses," she said. The report recommends establishing a Small Business Viability Review program where small ...

HUB24 wins out over Netwealth: Ord Minnett

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Both platform businesses finished FY20 with strong inflows, but Netwealth is overvalued while HUB24 offers a superior growth rate, says Ord Minnett. HUB24 had $17.2 billion of total funds under administration for FY20 while Netwealth had $31.5 billion. ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Invesco's annual survey of 139 sovereign investors found they are increasing allocation to gold, and plan on adding fixed income and infrastructure in the 12 months ahead. The annual report, now in its eighth year, found sovereign investors entered ...