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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Mergers deliver cost savings to members

Vision Super and CARE Super may have abandoned plans to merge but those who took the leap, such as AustralianSuper and AUSCOAL Super, are enjoying big savings from merging their operations. Speaking at the annual Fund Executives Association (FEAL) conference ...

ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a new policy detailing guidelines for superannuation trustees regarding the delivery of product disclosure information about investment strategies to members. Policy Statement 184 ...

Small caps can keep on delivering: Pengana

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
Pengana's Emerging Companies Fund has delivered another quarter of outperformance, despite a decline in the benchmark and not being leveraged to the resources growth story, and the group sees no reason for that performance to fall off any time soon. ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a financial adviser associated with the failed Elm Financial Services group for three years for his part in convincing a couple to invest $1 million in a failed product. Sydney adviser ...

S&P rates new five oceans fund

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2006
S&P has given a tentative 'three star new' rating to the relatively recent Five Oceans World Fund following its November 2005 launch. The fund, which is 25 per cent owned by Challenger Financial Services, is an absolute return, index unaware global ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2006
US housing data released overnight has all but assured another Fed rate hike after its 28-29 June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. However, weak forward housing indicators put in doubt speculation for a further rate increase immediately ...

CSF awards $26m fixed income mandate to IXIS

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2006
Catholic Superannuation Fund (CSF) has awarded a $26 million fixed income mandate to IXIS Asset Management Australia for investment in a fund jointly developed with Loomis Sayles & Company. The IXIS Loomis Sayles Credit Opportunities Fund was jointly ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as commodity prices continued to retreat and mining stock weakness in the UK overnight raises the spectre of further losses on the domestic bourse. While the market is not expected to repeat yesterday's ...

Multiplex to launch and list $640m office fund

Multiplex Group is set to launch a new office fund with a property portfolio worth $640 million and has an ASX listing in its sights. The proposed fund will be called the Multiplex Acumen Prime Property Fund (MAPPF) and is subject to a capital raising ...