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ESS and SSF super fund talks deadlocked

Union representatives are deadlocked in talks with the Victorian government over the proposed merger of the Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme (ESSS) and the State Superannuation Fund (SSF) amid their concerns members' defined benefits might be ...

Economic roundup

The latest survey on Australian consumer and business confidence released last week ran counter to the strong GDP, good employment results and earlier reports of solid capital investment plans. This acted to reinforce the mixed messages from economic ...

Host-Plus accepts undertaking from ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from the trustee of the Host-Plus superannuation fund, Host-Plus Pty Ltd (Host-Plus). The enforceable undertaking relates to future projections outlined in ...

Economic roundup

Australian economic and survey statistics last week gave credence to the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit's (FSIU) and other market economists' view that business investment and external trade will takeover from housing as the country's growth engine. ...

Industry bigger than we thought: ABS

The Australian bureau of Statistics has announced that the managed funds industry may be bigger than its official estimates give it credit for. The problem however, is it's not sure how much bigger. In its latest release for the Managed Funds sector ...

Property developer owing over $14M to investors appears in court

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has brought 20 charges of breaching the Corporations Act against John Sage in the Melbourne Magistrates Court. The regulator alleges Sage provided prospective investors in the Victorian based ...

CSS fraudsters appear in court

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2005
Four men accused of conspiring to launder $150 million defrauded from a super fund for federal public servants have been granted bail in a Sydney court. It is alleged the funds were illegally transferred from the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme on ...

ASIC shuts down property investment companies

The Supreme Court of Victoria has granted an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) application to have Casey Downs Retirement Villages and Ambridge Retirement Management Services wound up. The order to have the two property investment ...

Weekly economic roundup

The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision on monetary policy was last week's major market-moving event - or non-event. The Australian central bank left the official cash rate unchanged at 5.5 per cent where they had been since March this year. ...

Australian fund data added to Morningstar Direct

Australian fund data is now available via Morningstar's online global research platform called Morningstar Direct. Morningstar Direct is an investment research and analysis tool that provides access to investment statistics to global financial institutions. ...