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Vision and CARE merger 'talks' to tackle fund differences

Vision and CARE super have confirmed they are in merger talks, and while they concede that they are very different funds, senior management says 'if it's good for members, it's good for us.' CARE's Chairman, Barry Watchorn, said the main instigation ...

Rei Super gains APRA licence

Rei Super has been awarded its Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licence by APRA, seven months ahead of the July 2006 deadline. "The fund is committed to growing and prospering in the future so we wanted this project out of the way this calendar ...

QIC turns absolute for global fixed interest

QIC has launched a global fixed interest (GFI) product with an absolute flavour that aims to focus on active alpha rather than benchmark returns. The GFI fund claims to offer clients exposure to fixed interest active returns without the market exposure ...

World markets getting risk averse: State Street

Global markets have tipped the scales during October to be more risk averse, after a very buoyant September. Ryan Shea, vice president and senior market strategist at State Street Global Markets, says, "Something changed in October and investors became ...

ASIC chairman talks about governance and er, bullfrogs

In his keynote speech at a legal conference in Melbourne yesterday, ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy drew on a bullfrogs analogy to talk about financial fraud and corporate governance. Lucy said the recent spate of corporate collapses in the country such as ...

Unit pricing the right way

Unit pricing inconsistencies and mistakes across the market have prompted industry regulators to jointly release a unit pricing good practice guide. The regulators, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities ...

Business is losing the battle for trust: Edelman

A recent study of Australian opinion leaders has shown that only 1 in 4 considered institutions trustworthy. The survey, which was conducted by global communications firm Edelman, has revealed that only 27 percent of those surveyed rated any institution ...

TOWER is NZ FundSource manager of the year

TOWER Investments in New Zealand (NZ) has been named fund manager of the year by NZ research group FundSource. This is the second consecutive year TOWER has received the award. Tony Hildyard, CEO TOWER Investments in NZ, said winning the award two years ...

WA Government Super appoints Mercer

Western Australia's Government Employees Superannuation Board (GESB) has appointed Mercer Investment Consulting as its investment advisor over its $5.5 billion portfolio. Mercer Investment Consulting's Business Leader - Asia Pacific, Tony Cole, said ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from the Dow Jones and weak base metal prices expected to ensure a soft start on the domestic bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was nine ...