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

Search Results

Showing 9111 - 9120 of 11521 results for "DIV"

Russell ups alternatives exposure

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
Russell has opened its flagship multi-asset portfolio, the Russell Pooled Superannuation Trust Balanced Opportunities Unit, to three new alternative asset sector funds. According to a press statement from Russell, the move has seen the trust's alternative ...

FPA launches anonymous reporting service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its confidential misconduct reporting facility, FPA Confidential. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the FPA, said the system, which was developed in conjunction with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, would ...

Trader's market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
What's the trouble with Wall Street? It can't seem to make its mind these past three days - down, up, down. US equity indices closed lower last night after rising the day before and falling before the day before. Just writing that sentence has gotten ...

Perpetual FUM up as flows steady

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Perpetual's investment fund flows remain much lower compared to pre-global financial crisis levels, but its funds under management (FUM) rose by $3 billion to over $29 billion in a six-month period to December last year. Perpetual's first half profit ...

OAMPS hires former AXA manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
OAMPS Insurance Brokers has appointed former state manager of Victoria and Tasmania at AXA Australia, Michael Meysztowicz, as general manager of the firm's life division. Prior to his role as state manager, Meysztowicz managed AXA's Discovery program ...

Schroders appoints UBS director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
Schroder Investment Management Australia has appointed former UBS director, Jasmin Argyrou, to the Australian fixed income team as fund manager. This appointment increases the size of the Australian team to nine. In her new role at Schroders, Argyrou ...

Harvard puts property on sale

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The $29 billion Harvard University endowment fund is looking to sell a slice of its $5 billion-plus real estate portfolio to lessen its exposure to embattled property markets. According to a Wall Street Journal report, the fund is looking to deploy ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
The Australian share market was lower at noon on Wednesday as weaker base metals prices pulled back the resources sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 61.4 points weaker, by 1.3 per cent, at 4,656.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Vanguard ETFs reach $100m mark

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
Vanguard Investments Australia's exchange traded funds (ETFs) has exceeded $100 million under management, just 10 months after their launch. Launched in May 2009, the Vanguard range of ETFs includes the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS); the ...

ING IM appoints Taurus for gold strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
ING Investment Management has appointed Sydney-based Taurus Funds Management to invest in gold and precious metals within the OptiMix Diversified funds. Emmanuel Calligeris, chief investment officer, multi strategies group at ING Investment Management ...