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Absolute Capital suspends redemptions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
... those held by Basis Capital's Basis Yield Fund, which announced last week that it had suffered heavy falls and was in default of payment on margin loans. The notice, signed by Absolute Capital Group managing director Deon Joubert, said the decision had ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2007
The Australian share market is set to return to positive territory today after an improvement in trading activity on Wall Street and in defiance over a fall in metals prices. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... invested to achieve growth, and dismissed calls from the US life insurance industry that capital stable funds be allowed as default investment choices in 401(k)s. "Stable value funds emphasise principal protection and are entirely appropriate for short-term ...

Absolute differences among hedge funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
... working hard yesterday to distance itself from Basis Capital, which notified investors late on Wednesday that it was in default on margins loans and faced a forced sale of assets that may result in a return of less than 50 cents in the dollar to unit ...

Members treble personal contributions: Sunsuper

... the full million or more. Sunsuper has more than $12.5 billion in funds under management and 960,000 members. The fund's default option, Sunsuper Balanced posted a 15.8 per cent net return during the year. Michelle Baltazar Correction: More than 50,000 ...

Super fund returns best in a decade: SelectingSuper

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
... figures in a decade, with not-for-profit funds again stretching their lead, according to the latest SelectingSuper report. Default investment options averaged 14.9 per cent for the last financial year, while Australian equity options averaged nearly ...

Telstra Super recruits more planners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2007
... Rainmaker, Telstra Super manages nearly $11 billion and is in the elite top five super funds for 2006-07 performance for their default investment option.

Start saving for education early: Lifeplan

With the total cost of education almost on par with the cost of an average suburban home, Lifeplan Funds Management has launched an education savings fund designed to help parents avoid future school expenses headaches. The group's Lifeplan Education ...

Economic round-up: Mortgage meltdown misery

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2007
Global share markets have been plagued by jitters over the sorry state of the US sub-prime mortgage sector and the crisis looks to continue with further losses expected. The worst US housing slump since the 1990's, has seen losses mounting on mortgages ...

Industry funds show strongest growth in assets

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... to SelectingSuper's May performance report, industry funds and government funds take out nine of the top 10 places for default option returns over the past three years and 17 places from the top 20. Master trusts still, however, dominate the sector tables ...