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

Search Results

Showing 81 - 90 of 2304 results for "Premium"

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The professional indemnity insurance (PII) sector will be forced to play a bigger role in making the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) sustainable, Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino proposes, as the Opposition slams the scheme for "constantly ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... Australian market for private credit where it has been investing for more than 25 years. "We find these assets generate a good premium over what is happening in the public markets without necessarily giving you higher risk and higher volatility," she ...

AMP to pay $29m to settle class action

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
AMP has settled a class action brought by Shine Lawyers in 2020, which claimed the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. The AMP commissions and insurance class action was commenced ...

Brookfield, GIC seal $4bn National Storage REIT acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... of self-storage in Australia and New Zealand," NSR managing director Andrew Catsoulis said. The deal represents a 26.5% premium to NSR's closing price of $2.26 on November 25, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the proposed takeover. NSR's ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... majority (74%) agreed that there will be a market correction in 2026. "While we're starting to see some speculative premium in public market valuations leak out of the widely touted AI bubble, we still expect AI to drive productivity improvements ...

Mason Stevens secures mandate from UHNW advisory

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... solutions within the ultra-high-net-worth advisory community. "This partnership underscores our commitment to providing premium tailored solutions, advanced technology and exceptional service to clients who expect nothing but the best." Mason Stevens' ...

Macquarie makes bid for Qube

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... diligence on the logistics firm. The proposal implies an enterprise value for Qube of $11.6 billion and represents a 27.8% premium to the last closing share price of the company. It represents a 45.2% premium to the last closing share price after adjusting ...

PPS Mutual appoints head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
PPS Mutual has appointed a new head of distribution, succeeding Brian Pillemer who is retiring. Daniel Waller takes on the role after finishing up a career break to look after his family. Waller was previously the general manager of business partnerships ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Private equity activity will continue gaining momentum in the next year, according to the 2026 outlook by Corrs Chambers Westgarth. Corrs expects continued appetite for growth in technology, business services and financial services, and growing interest ...