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All REST and no play with $580m new mandate

Industry fund REST starts the year on full throttle after awarding $580m of new money to a string of investment managers, of which a total $480 million will go towards international equities mandates. REST joins a growing list of super funds that have ...

S&P gives local LIC thumbs down

S&P has given a 'not recommended' rating to local fund Global Masters Fund (GMF) which invests in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. S&P fund analyst, Simon Scott, said that GMF, which is a listed investment company, is offering retail investors poor ...

Accountants Super recruited by PASL

Accountants Superannuation Fund's trustee company, formerly owned by Zurich Australia, has been purchased by Recruitment Financial Services. Recruitment Financial Services is part of the Professional Associations Superannuation Limited (PASL) Group ...

Tasplan calls for incentives to drive super contributions

The argument for super contribution continues, with Tasplan general manager, Neil Cassidy, calling on the Federal Government to introduce further incentives to encourage low income earners to boost savings. "The simple truth of the matter is that the ...

2006 market conditions will suit value investing: Tyndall

Tyndall, Standard and Poor's 2005 fund manager of the year, is warning that bonds would give few returns and equities may remain "overpriced" and these conditions will suit value managers. Bob Van Muster, head of equities, said as value managers Tyndall ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2006
The Australian share market is likely to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street. US markets fell overnight when the bourse reopened after the Martin Luther King public holiday as the earnings season cranked up a notch and oil prices rose. ...

East beats west in optimism survey: Grant Thornton

According to a global business owners survey, Australians are ranked seventh 'most optimistic' about the 2006 economy, with India and China topping the league tables while the US and the UK sit further down the ranks. The 2006 Grant Thornton International ...

Great Southern a big winner in super rankings

Great Southern Super is the big winner in Rainmaker Information's SelectingSuper performance tables, released late last week. With a three-year average return of 15.1 per cent per annum, the Great Southern Super Growth Strategy fund debuted at number ...

Daily economic update

The US trade deficit narrowed to US$64.2 billion in November, from US$68.1 billion in the previous month, and was better than the expected US$66.1 billion. While the narrower trade gap is welcome, it remains the third highest deficit on record. US exports ...

Apples are not apples with new accounting standards

The recent adoption of international accounting standards will make it harder for investors to make "like for like" comparisons of investment data, according to the latest report from Tyndall. Tyndall's research, aptly titled "Apples and Oranges - investors ...