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

Search Results

Showing 891 - 900 of 2740 results for "BEA"

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
One of Australia's largest venture capital firms recently placed significant seed funding in an AI-driven beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the ...

Consistent growth fuels Future Fund cyber fears

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The constant risk of a cyberattack on the Future Fund's investment portfolio is among its top concerns. Future Fund chairman Peter Costello said in a portfolio update this morning that the sovereign wealth fund considers cybersecurity risk to be a major ...

TAL enhances adviser learning hub

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Life insurer TAL has added a suite of new courses to its learning hub in an effort to help advisers meet new legislative and educational requirements. TAL Risk Academy added 16 new courses covering superannuation and insurance advice, financial underwriting ...

Money managers eye household debt

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates and other central banks have signalled they too will pare stimulatory measures introduced in the wake of the GFC, all of which has significant consequences for money managers in 2018. The Reserve Bank ...

Diversification concerns see managed funds uptake

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
An increased appetite for portfolio diversification has seen investors increase their exposure to managed funds, according to Investment Trends research. The 2017 Investor Product Needs Report found the vast majority (84%) of respondents recognised ...

Principal and CIMB strengthen asset management ties

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
US wealth manager Principal will increase its ownership in two Malaysian asset management groups as part of its strategy to bring more investment products to Southeast Asia. Pending regulatory approval, Principal will pay up to $150 million to own 60% ...

The darling buds of inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
"Here comes the sun, and I say It's all right." -- The Beatles Wall Street again went on a record breaking run last week with the S&P 500, the DJIA, the Nasdaq Composite and the Russell 2000 all finishing at all-time highs... and for good reasons. Growth ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Bill Gross - known as the "king of bonds" - has recently dropped a bombshell, or in this case, a bond sell. The Financial Times reports that: "The Janus Henderson manager said the $2.2bn Global Unconstrained Bond Fund has taken a short position on Treasuries ...

Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
The Federal Government must use its 2018-19 Budget to guarantee the further inclusion of hundreds of thousands of Australians in the superannuation system. This is the key vision of the Australians Institute of Superannuation Trustees, who used their ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
So let it be re-written, so it's been passed. "I promised the American people a big, beautiful tax cut for Christmas. With final passage of this legislation, that is exactly what they are getting." (Donald Trump) The US Congress passed the long-awaited ...