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

Search Results

Showing 9501 - 9510 of 17967 results for "Bank"

BFO to "name and shame" misbehaving bankers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
The board of the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) has formed an independent review panel to address cases of unethical behaviour within the banking and finance industry. Signatories of the oath will be referred to the review panel if they are found to ...

Greece what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
Was it good for you as it was for me? If you ask the financial markets this question, there surely would be a chorus of "yes it was!" They're still basking in the afterglow of Big Ben Bernanke's comforting words. In fact 'twas so good the Dow and the ...

Market Wrap AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed in a muted reaction after US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke said the bank had no plan to wind down its stimulus until the economy is back on track. The comments, which came as a closely watched report ...

Zenith recommends BT alpha fixed interest fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... derivatives including swaps, options, futures and forwards to achieve its investment exposures. It aims to outperform the UBS Bank Bill Index by 2% to 4% p.a. (after fees) over a rolling three years. Zenith said the BT Pure Alpha Fixed Income Fund "represents ...

Former Deutsche exec launches investment firm

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
The former head of equity derivatives and trading at Deutsche Bank Sydney, Peter Kennedy, has launched a new investment firm, Kennedy Investments. Kennedy Investment is based on a "cyclical" approach to investing, and will be open to individual investors ...

Perth mortgage broker permanently banned

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... stating finance approval had been provided for a client and then forwarded it to a settlement agent so that the Commonwealth Bank would issue a loan in the amount of $256,000. Eric Ying Ching Chu was formerly employed by Mortgage Specialists as a trustee ...

FIIG to manage $30m bond issue for listed childcare company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities will be the sole lead arranger for listed childcare provider G8 Education's latest wholesale bond issue. The ASX200 child services specialist aims to raise a minimum of $30 million from the bond issue. The bond issue ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... objective over time." Yes my lovely, Uncle Ben's brought back the risk of deflation last night. You only have to look at what the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is currently doing to turn deflation back into inflation -- it's QE-ing massively - to realise Ben's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... September share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 4,963. In economic news on Thursday, the National Australia Bank is due to release its business survey for the June quarter, while HIA-RP Data Residential Land Report for the March quarter ...

Australian economy "professionally managed": World Bank

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu has said Australian policy makers must remain calm about a weakening domestic currency if the economy is to manage its transition away from a focus on mining. Addressing delegates at The Bellweather Series, an ...