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Another international DB fund bites the dust

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2006
The National Australia Bank's UK operations have become the latest company to dump their final salary-based defined benefit pension plan in an attempt to control the ballooning costs of such schemes, according to UK reports. Among the major changes ...

City slickers to face higher bankruptcy rates: ITSA

The latest statistics from Insolvency and Trustee Services Australia (ITSA) paint a dire picture of the incidence of bankruptcies in the eastern states, brought on by rising petrol and household living costs. According to ITSA, bankcruptcies in the ...

Super savings close in on hitting $800 billion: APRA

Amid fears of a country-wide superannuation savings shortfall, the latest APRA survey shows that the money keeps rolling in, with total superannuation assets now closing in on the $800 billion mark. During the period, total superannuation assets rose ...

Super funds pile on global equities

Vision Super joins a growing list of super funds that are ramping up their weighting on international equities, supporting recent reports that investors expect potentially higher returns overseas. The steadily depreciating AUD is also fuelling the sentiment ...

MacarthurCook pours more into property trusts

MacarthurCook Fund Management is expanding its fund in listed and unlisted property trusts by injecting a further $18.3 million in investments into its portfolio. The expansion is to be financed through a redraw of the fund's debt facility. MacarthurCook ...

St George and Westpac end year with share buy backs

Two of Australia's major banks announce significant share buy backs to cap off the year, amid news speculation of a takeover bid from the UK for St. George. Westpac has clawed back $1 billion of off market shares, 300 million more than its $700 million ...

Daily Economic Update

Today's report indicating weakness in the Australian housing market reinforces our expectations for steady interest rates. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the total number of dwelling commencements dropped by 5 per cent in the September  ...

Market wrap

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as US markets set a bearish tone, one that will be exacerbated on the domestic bourse by further weakness in base metals overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index is ...

First Choice tops $20b

Lower fees, shorter transaction turnarounds and client reporting times all helped FirstChoice finish the year with a record $20 billion in funds under management. "Our success has been built on a simple premise - we offer competitive fees, a focused ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...