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HSBC alternatives eyes off Australian entry

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
HSBC Bank's Hong Kong based alternative investments group is the next in line among an array of international hedge fund managers lining up to enter the Australian market. Speaking at last month's Portfolio Construction Forum conference, senior director ...

Praemium appoints Qld state manager

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium has appointed a new state manager for Queensland. Gwen Chew will take on the business development role and will aim to build the business through managing existing client relationships and sourcing new ...

InvestAhead to merge into Centric Wealth

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
Sydney based financial planning, risk insurance and corporate benefit services provider InvestAhead will merge with larger financial planning firm Centric Wealth. The merger will see InvestAhead's three directors, Chandra Wirasinha, Mike Galgut and ...

Costello puts super and savings in the hands of kids

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
School children can now look forward to spending, saving, constructing houses and earning their own brand of currency called "mutual" by doing environmentally friendly activities in their school hours, according to Treasurer Peter Costello. In a radio ...

BT Wrap wins myAdviser tender

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
BT has won a market-wide tendering process to secure the business of the myAdviser group through a private label arrangement for its BT Wrap platform. The myAdviser group is made up of 45 advisers with $850 million in funds under advice. Almost $650 ...

Government launches Super Best Practice Guide

The Government has released a new guide to help superannuation funds lodge returns and produce better official reports while it will also help funds come to grips with Budget changes that may take effect next year. Launching the new 'Better Practice ...

XPLAN leads the sector with PlanTech acquisition

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
XPLAN Technology has acquired PlanTech Consulting for $15 million with the combined revenues propelling XPLAN to number one in the space. IRESS Market Technology released details of the acquisition to the market this morning. The move boosts XPLAN revenue ...

Australians clueless on super

The raft of education campaigns around superannuation are yet to make their impact on consumers after a new study found that 60 per cent of Australians don't know how much fees they pay on their super while 16 per cent couldn't name their own super ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Further evidence of a slowing Australian economy came yesterday with the release of ABS figures for the August sales of new cars, which fell by 2.3 per cent. Analysis of the data shows that passenger vehicle sales fell by 1.1 per cent, other vehicles ...

First State Super doubles menu choices

First State Super has expanded its investment choice menu to satisfy member demand, including six major single asset class strategies to complement existing pre-mixed options. Next month the group will launch the six options - Australian equities, international ...