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

Search Results

Showing 8891 - 8900 of 12425 results for "Focus"

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... unemployment rate from 5.2 to 5.4 per cent for December had helped banking stocks. "The high-yielding sector is beginning to be the focus because of the job numbers domestically," she told AAP. "There's growing expectation of a weak jobs number. That ...

AMP names new Genesys boss

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
AMP Financial Services has appointed Paul Robertson as managing director of Genesys Wealth Advisers. Robertson was previously chief executive of Tynan Mackenzie and was heavily involved in integrating the business with ipac following a merger. Prior ...

Hyperion AM most-improved for 2012: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
Hyperion Asset Management has shot up the ranking table of Australian equities managers, posting the biggest improvement in a recent Mercer investment survey. In a year where low-risk, high-yielding shares were favored, Brisbane-based Hyperion rose ...

Hillross nudges $1bn in FUM

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... of wholesale managed funds employing a multi-manager approach to investment management. "While the funds have a primary focus on maximising longer term return outcomes, the portfolio construction approach also has a strong focus on capital preservation," ...

Qsuper to champion tailored options

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
A recent move to individually tailor the investments of a Queensland Government super fund is a sign of things to come, said an industry expert. Qsuper, which invests nearly $40 billion dollars worth of retirement savings for Queensland Government employees ...

Greencape lures BlackRock analyst

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... where he served as a vice-president and equity analyst within the fundamental Asian equity team. His areas of stock-picking focus were resources, energy, transport, infrastructure and A-REITs. Prior to joining BlackRock Koh served a brief stint with ...

ASX favourites likely to dish more cash in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013
... into cyclical companies. "2013 presents a market that is less than enthusiastic so caution will continue to see investors focus on income paying stocks," he said. "While defensive dividend payers tend to underperform in fast rising markets, they don't ...

NAB Private Wealth best in Aus

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
When it comes to private banks it seems size really does matter, after NAB Private Wealth was named the best one in Australia by publication Asian Private Banker. "In a market where wealth is mature and the private banking space is fiercely contested ...

UBS Global AM secures major FI mandates

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012
UBS Global AM has successfully been awarded two significant fixed income mandates in Australia, collectively worth close to A$2.8 billion. A leading Swiss-based global multi-line insurance provider has formally appointed Global AM as a fixed income ...

Family office and HNW clients overlook best cash deposit rates

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Many private banking clients are missing out on the best rate on their cash deposits, according to Harris Fraser Group's Marc Geary. The private wealth expert says that some banks are taking advantage of the large sums held in some accounts to charge ...