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

Search Results

Showing 7901 - 7910 of 8618 results for "DIF"

Avoid excessive hedging: EQT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
While debates continue about what level of hedging is best, the point is that as investors push more money overseas due to local capacity constraints hedging strategies will become central, particularly as we increasingly distinguish between what drives ...

Philanthropy takes centre stage: Trust

When rescued Beaconsfield miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb decided to establish a charity fund that will provide assistance to the children of Beaconsfield, they turned to estate planning and philanthropy specialist, Trust. Russell and Webb initially ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is set to review all of its externally managed investments and move as many as possible in-house, part of a new strategy spearheaded by the group's recently appointed chief investment officer, Leo de ...

Catholic Super overhauls property mandates

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2006
The Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) has revised its property investments resulting in $100 million of new property mandates being awarded. Lend Lease was allocated $52 million, with $25 million to be invested in the Core Plus Property ...

ASIC should adopt dollar-base performance metrics: ISN

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to cut through incessant debates about how we measure super fund performance by adopting a 'net benefit to member' (NMTM) model focusing on the ...

Asia-Pacific buyouts build a head full of steam: Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
Following on the coat tails of a worldwide trend, leveraged buyout activity in the Asia-Pacific region is rising rapidly, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch noted that compared to the leveraged buyout plays in the US and Europe the Asia-Pacific is still ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A report by Monash University Professor Bob Birrell draws negative conclusions about the reliance by the government on the use of migrant accountants. The report, The Changing Face of the Accounting Profession in Australia, found competency levels of ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
In debates about advice, regulation and meeting consumer needs, the toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary ...

ANZ FP to focus on maintaining its muscle

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
It's been a good year for ANZ Financial Planning (ANZ FP) but general manager, Mike Goodall, said he would be shoring up the business model to leverage more success into 2007. Goodall said that the last 12 months had been fruitful for the business ...

Diversify out of Aust equities: van Eyk

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
On the back of recent research, van Eyk has warned planners they should be rebalancing their clients' portfolios away from Australian equities while they will need to search harder for local managers who are actually able to add value. Dr Jerome Lander ...