The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 8841 - 8850 of 9746 results for "Major"

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2006

... direction. The Australian stock market finished stronger yesterday, as gains in resources stocks outweighed losses among the major banks. The S&P/ASX200 improved 12.7 points to 4824.8 while the all ordinaries added 13.2 points to 4779.8. On the Sydney ...

Russell and IBM enter strategic relationship for fund admin

Russell Investment Group has teamed up with IBM in a seven-year $140m Business Transformation Outsourcing agreement. The agreement means IBM will take over the operation of Russell's Member Administration Service Centre in Australia, which is essentially ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2006

... gained on Monday, rebounding from Friday's sharp declines, as falling oil prices and expectations of strong earnings from major energy companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. lured investors back. Credit-card issuer American Express Co., a Dow component, reported ...

Minchin weighs in on super tax cut debate

... the Treasurer's post should Prime Minister Howard vacate the leadership within the next few years. But politics aside, a major reason for the Minchin conversion is that a super tax cut would allow the government to keep up its tax cut credentials without ...

JBWere launches Aussie infrastructure fund

... has launched an Australian managed infrastructure fund to the wholesale market in answer to a specific request from one major client. Head of Australian equities at GSJBW, Tim Hannon, says that the infrastructure fund which opened this week will help ...

AWM and Select form $22bn merger

... Australian Wealth Management Limited (AWM) and Select Managed Funds Limited (Select) will merge, after their boards and major shareholders waved the proposal through yesterday. The merged group, with funds under administration, management and advice ...

ING appoints sales manager for employer superannuation drive

... new dedicated employer superannuation business unit. It upgraded its offerings for large corporates and SMEs, winning the major accounts of Visy and sanofi-aventis. ING's executive director of sales and marketing, Dan Powell, said, "I'm delighted to ...

Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM | THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006

... defined benefit pension plan in an attempt to control the ballooning costs of such schemes, according to UK reports. Among the major changes are a 2.5 per cent cap on pension increases based on the cost of living index and, instead of being based on ...

Market wrap

... about the growth of corporate profits. The Australian share market also took a hammering yesterday spooked by falls in the major banks and miners and weakness on Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index slid 79.2 points to 4786.9 while the all ordinaries ...

Vanguard appoints head of marketing Australia

... billion in index funds for both institutional and retail investors. Vanguard Australia offers a series of index funds covering major asset sectors and a range of diversified index funds.

PAGE:

885

ASIC cancels AFSL of Australian Fiduciaries

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Queensland-based Australian Fiduciaries, which is currently in liquidation.

Treasury expects regulators to do the heavy lifting

MATTHEW WAI

Treasury has released new Statements of Expectations for APRA and ASIC, with an emphasis on how the regulators should promote a more sustainable and secured financial ecosystem.

NGS Super names head of strategy

MATTHEW WAI

NGS Super has appointed a former ASFA committe member as head of strategy, as the fund aims to strengthen its retirement offering.

SS&C axes jobs, shifts roles offshore

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

US software services giant SS&C Technologies has slashed 170 Australian roles in the operations, technology and delivery teams.

Videos

Brought to you by

SMILE through retirement - tackling the top 5 (Sequencing, Market, Inflation, Longevity, Emotion) retirements risks

Follow the leaders

Global economic outlook and the case for local currency emerging market debt: Resilience, risk, and opportunity

The market has changed. The opportunity hasn't.

Maintaining a fundamental focus in a world obsessed with the short term

Product showcase: A guaranteed future

Strength amid noise

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Christian Mueller-Glissmann

Head of Asset Allocation Research

Goldman Sachs

When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk

Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.

READ MORE

Tania Milnes

General Manager Membership

Financial Advice Association Australia

Does association membership still matter?

With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...

READ MORE

Effie Dimitropoulos

Chief executive

AUDD

Digital assets and where they stand in 2026

So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.

READ MORE

Jessica Sclafani

Global retirement strategist

T. Rowe Price

Rethinking default design in a changing market environment

The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

JUL

Advisers Big Day Out - Geelong

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Blake Briggs

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL

Since becoming chief executive, Blake Briggs has renewed the Financial Services Council's influence, expanded the membership base, and strengthened its policy and advocacy credentials. Karren Vergara writes.

READ MORE