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

Search Results

Showing 9511 - 9520 of 10710 results for "May 2012"

Small cap suffers a shake up

Standard & Poor's Fund Services has placed an 'On Hold' rating on BlackRock's global small cap funds and downgraded the Australian small companies funds from Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia (CSAMA) after the departures of their small cap portfolio ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was virtually flat at midday, giving back most of gains made earlier in the morning, with brewer Foster's providing downside after weaker-than-expected results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was just 0.2 points ...

Meet the $9b intangible fund

In a short visit to Sydney, a London based fund manager from Morgan Stanley explained why investors have poured nearly $9 billion (US$7 billion) into a portfolio that values companies based on their 'invisible' assets. In Australia the fund has attracted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to retreat from intraday highs yesterday, with no lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down four points ...

Property 'extreme makeover' a winning formula: FKP

FKP Funds Management, the funds management arm of FKP property group, delivered more than its full year return target in the space of six months by buying into and refurbishing distressed properties. The group's FKP Core Plus fund returned 18.8 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
As the NSW State election draws closer the economic impact of solutions to the water crisis are becoming apparent. Premier Morris Iemma has proposed a $1.9 billion desalination plant to improve the supply of water, whereas the leader of the opposition ...

Super funds could offer transaction banking

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
Super funds will have much greater scope to offer financial services and even transaction banking facilities to their retired members under the Simplified Super changes announced in last year's Budget. The abolition of taxes on super benefits, both ...

AMP FP to call 35,000 over switching advice

AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) said it will review the superannuation switching advice it gave to around 35,000 clients, revised up from an earlier estimate of 7,000, as part of its enforceable undertaking (EU) entered into last year. Coinciding with ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a slighter stronger lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange the March share price index contract finished overnight trading up two points 5959. In economic news today, Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
Following the release of the NAB Business Confidence and Conditions analysis yesterday, the Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment rose 1.7 per cent to place it 3.2 per cent above where it was a year ago. The survey revealed that expectations ...