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ASIC shuts down property investment companies

The Supreme Court of Victoria has granted an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) application to have Casey Downs Retirement Villages and Ambridge Retirement Management Services wound up. The order to have the two property investment ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia finally put interest rate speculation to rest last week. In his half-yearly parliamentary testimony, RBA Governor Ian Macfarlane reinforced the message from the Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy released by the Australian ...

Morningstar grades MMC small-cap strategy

Morningstar has given MMC's small-caps strategy an 'investment grade' rating however cautions that the long-term returns for the strategy while good, has not come without a high degree of volatility. MMC's small-caps strategy focuses on the micro-cap ...

Employees indicate mystery still surrounds Choice

A survey conducted on behalf of TWUSuper has revealed consumers remain unclear about the implications of the new choice of fund environment. While the majority of the public may be aware of the new superannuation regime, shown to be 93 per cent by a ...

Industry fund survey reveals employers yet to choose default fund

A poll released by industry fund STA Super has revealed 20 per cent of employers have not yet chosen a default fund with 36 per cent saying their level of understanding of changes to superannuation was little. The survey was conducted just after the ...

IWL set to finalise JDV acquisition

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2005
Financial group IWL Ltd is set to win its long running bid for online broker JDV Ltd after the last remaining key shareholder agreed to sell its stake on Friday. The Royal Bank of Canada accepted IWL's cash offer for its 28.66 per cent stake in the ...

ASIC issues guidance about general financial advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued guidance to advisers to assist them with complying to certain financial product advice provisions set out in the Corporations Act 2001. The guidance was prepared after industry consultation ...

Future bright for investment management industry

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2005
The outlook for the investment management industry in Australia remains positive with expectations of more than 20 per cent growth in assets under management in three years times, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) survey. The chartered accounting ...

Mercer warns fund members to assess asset allocations re Choice

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has urged investors to focus on the underlying asset allocation rather than purely on the current performance of a superannuation fund when deciding on the fund they want to belong to under the new Choice regime. Mercer ...

Watson Wyatt appointed asset consultant to Future Fund

Watson Wyatt has been appointed as asset consultant to the federal government's Future Fund mandate. The appointment follows a close assessment against the evaluation criteria set out in the Request for Tender. Watson Wyatt will provide advice to the ...