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

Search Results

Showing 9551 - 9560 of 12593 results for "Company"

FSP appoints business development chief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
Financial Services Partners has appointed ex-ING Financial Planning managing director Steve Thomson as head of business development. This is a new role created by the planning group. Geoff Rimmer, chief executive of Financial Services Partners, said ...

Premium Investors outlines capital options

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... to deal with capital management issues. The first proposal is to carry on with an off-market buy-back which means the company would buy-back from each eligible shareholder ordinary shares at a specific price. The company has proposed an off-market buy-back ...

Market Wrap - Midday

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... five cents to $5.24. The world's largest miner, BHP Billiton, sank 69 cents, or 2.14 per cent, to $31.56, while rival company Rio Tinto eased 52 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $46.83.

Timbercorp growers favour consortium

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... growers on 2 July. First Super said it believed the consortium represents an opportunity for establishing a new forestry company, while drawing on the management expertise within the existing Timbercorp business. "Over the last few months, First Super ...

Dixon criticises Premium buy-back scheme

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... fully paid ordinary shares on issue. Tom Collins, chair at Premium Investors, said the firm is committed to managing the company's capital structure. However, Chris Brown, managing director of strategy at Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services, said ...

Can't swing it both ways

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... its lowest level in 10 weeks. If you believe the headlines, the sell-off was triggered by doubts over US second quarter company earnings. If you believe the headlines, the sell-off was triggered by talks of another round of US government stimulus - confirming ...

Pengana Asian Equities up 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... of it yet. Pengana Asian Equities Long Short fund was only launched last May and has $2.4 million seed money from the company, with no external investors. But now that the fund has a one-year performance number to talk about, Lin said they are working ...

Morris steps down sooner

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Dirk Morris, BT Investment Management's chief executive and executive director, will leave the company next week, instead of the initially announced departure three months away. BT Investment Management announced Morris had resigned from the firm last ...

REST deploys $225m in mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
... billion REST Super has appointed a $150 million mandate with Babson Capital Management and $75 million to Putnam Advisory Company. During the June quarter, REST invested $150 million with structured products and distressed debt manager, Babson Capital ...

Instos reverse traction in alternatives

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2009
Pension funds' investments in alternatives have shrunk 1 per cent to $1 trillion in 2008 - a stark contrast to the 40 per cent growth from 2007, new research shows. According to global research by Watson Wyatt in conjunction with the Financial Times ...