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Super fund inflows reach record highs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2007
Australians pumped record sums into their superannuation funds over the June quarter, with $72 billion in total inflows marking the largest quarterly increase in history, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has appointed Dr Katrina Ellis its new head of research. Dr Ellis replaces former head of research Dr Neil Esho, who was seconded to the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision in Switzerland. He ...

Macq Pastoral banks on beef demand

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
Macquarie Pastoral Group has made its second major purchase after it bought 'The Bulls Run', an established cattle and sheep property on the Murrumbidgee River in NSW, for an undisclosed amount. The new 7,500-hectare property concentrates its operations ...

BNP funds keep heads off block

Two of BNP Paribas' re-opened fixed income funds have been spared the guillotine and emerged with minor scratches after the company announced official valuations yesterday. BNP's funds defied expectations by returning smaller than expected losses, with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
... Communities Group all listing full year results today. In resources, MacArthur Coal Ltd reveals full year earnings as will Origin Energy Ltd. Westfield releases first half results. On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed slightly lower, as strong ...

Debt climbs, home values fall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
Scores of US government officials along with housing executives vowed it could never happen, nonetheless, the national median price of American homes is expected to fall for the first time since statistics began in 1950. Economists forecast the decline ...

Shorter PDSs are go

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
Regulations to allow shorter 'incorporation by reference' product disclosure documents (PDSs), introduced in April by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce, have come into force today. Originally introduced as part of a wider reform ...

ASFA changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
Pauline Vamos, former principal of Vamos Consulting, has been appointed new chief executive of ASFA, starting early September 2007. ASFA's membership base made up of industry funds, corporate, public sector and retail funds, service providers and individual ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2007
... PricewaterhouseCoopers releases its 2007 Entertainment & Media Outlook, Campbell Brothers Ltd holds its AGM in Melbourne, Origin Energy releases its 4th quarter production report, and Roc Oil Co Ltd releases its 2nd quarter production report. NEW YORK ...

Zenith rates local NY fund replica 'Highly Recommended'

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Zenith has rated US-based New York Venture Fund replica AFM Davis Value Trust 'Highly Recommended'. The fund is an unhedged US dollar denominated trust with shares in large cap companies like Amex, Citigroup, Berkshire Hathaway, Kraft, AIG, Microsoft ...