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

Search Results

Showing 9121 - 9130 of 10709 results for "May 2012"

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
While Treasury boss Ken Henry long ago knew what was wrong with the economy and what problems the previous government's policies were causing, he apparently didn't have the political influence and muscle to do much about it. Speaking at the Ian Little ...

The looming inflationary upswing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
The good news is that inflation may be slowly tempering, but the bad news is that long term water prices may double and fuel prices may triple. Yesterday, the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy statement said, "There is tentative evidence that some ...

AFA maps education Pathway

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) hopes to fill the gap in adviser education by launching a new course that accommodates the time constraints and 'adult learning' needs of today's financial planners. It's nearly a year of consultation with ...

Super gap widens between haves and have-nots

One of the largest regular surveys conducted on super has confirmed the increasing gap between those who can afford to retire and those who can't. Twice a year, financial services giant AMP asks more than 320,000 of its AMP Corporate Super members to ...

Good wine, good advice

Hunter Valley may be better known as the haven of award-winning wine but it is also a source of award-winning financial advice. Hunter region-based financial planner Jennifer Leslie has received the Financial Planner of the Year Award at the 2007 Hillross ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
There's not much point to Australia's terms of trade being at record levels if all it does is drive up our currency and keeps us suffocating under a current account deficit that just won't budge. The terms of trade are a measure of the prices we pay ...

Check the fine print: GESB

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Superannuation fund members are being urged to check the finer details of their super statements to maximise their retirement savings. Michele Dolin, Government Employees Super Fund (GESB) chief executive, said consolidating accounts, co-contributing ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Fighting inflation may be the government's number one policy fight right now, but another should be fighting contradictory policy suggestions and forcing retailers to pass on currency induced price cuts. Australia's major economic debate is how the ...

Money changes hands

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
The surging Australian dollar due to the collapse in the greenback is quickening the pace of the US's economic fall and pointing to looming revisions in how we manage the global currency system. Illustrating the concerns, an online poll on the Fat Prophets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower today. Wall Street finished weaker while base metal prices were buoyant. At 0809 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 42 points to 5,602. Today ...