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Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
... premier superannuation sector, now account for only one-third of superannuation assets, down from more than 40 per cent a decade ago. In fact, exclusively DB funds now account for only 3 per cent of superannuation assets. But DB funds are still lucrative ...

Funds leave the US, bound for Japan

... the second best year for inflows for Japan and global equity funds, but notably was the worst year for funds flows this decade for the US and Europe. Of all the emerging markets, the EPFR research showed that respective records for inflows were set in ...

Life expectancy jumps 6 years in just two decades: ABS

A girl born today can expect to live 83 years, while a boy can expect to live to 78 years, confirming that life expectancy is climbing with consequent pressures upon retirement savings. The information is contained in the latest Life Tables produced ...

General Motors mortgages driving down to Australia

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2005
General Motors Acceptance Corp will open a mortgage funding business in Australia during the first quarter of 2006. Few details of GMAC's business plan are clear, however the company has been hiring staff and working with marketers on its plans. As ...

SSF pension stoush all but resolved as Minister guarantees benefits

... the merger will reduce the increasing costs of administering for a fund that has been closed to new members for over a decade, while it should also improve aseet management efficiency. While the formal statement is intended to bring a close to the industrial ...

Daily Economic Update

... up from 4.0 per cent in the year to the June quarter. The strong domestic labour market, with unemployment at near three-decade lows, contributed to the increase in pay rates in the third quarter. While this appears negative for monetary policy (read ...

Stop speculating and get back to capitalism: Bogle

... speculation and to immediately reduce superannuation costs and fees. The sweeping change to the industry over the last decade, said Bogle, has come from the shift from direct ownership to agency ownership, resulting in a "dysfunctional" corporate system. ...

Platypus enters the long-short pond

Platypus Capital Management (PCM), an Australian hedge fund firm linked to Platypus Asset Management, have launched an Australian Long/Short Fund. The Platypus Australian Long/Short Fund has start-out capital of $33 million of institutional money to ...

Prescott Securities appoints CEO

SA-based wealth management and stockbroking firm Prescott Securities has appointed David White, a former Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) national manager, as chief executive officer. White, a highly respected commentator in the stockbroking and securities ...

OFM targets aged care market

Melbourne-based financial services provider OFM Investment group has acquired aged care advisory Lifetime Planning this week as part of its major push into the lucrative aged care market. OFM has bought Lifetime Planning for $940,000 plus $250,000 payable ...