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Ageing population places more fiscal pressure on the Government

The Productivity Commission enquiry into the economic consequences of Australia's ageing population released today has predicted an increase in fiscal pressure for all governments within the country the next 40 years. The report forecasts expenditure ...

Tower, AWM appoint new CEOs

Tower Limited has announced Peter Lindhout as its new chief executive officer, general insurance and direct business, for its New Zealand operations. Tower's wealth management spin-off - now known as Australian Wealth Management (AWM) - has also announced ...

Zurich revamps its life risk products

Insurance based financial services provider Zurich Financial Services Australia has enhanced the life risk product range it has on offer. The fine tuning carried out by Zurich means the product range now includes an 'Agreed Value endorsement' on income ...

SwimEC off to flying start

After seven years in the making the financial services industry has launched its swimEC electronic standard, which aims to standardise electronic superannuation transfers across the industry. The swimEC (superannuation, wealth and investment management ...

HFA Octane Series 2 rated 'investment grade'

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has given the newly launched HFA Octane Series 2 fund an Assirt 'investment grade' rating. The fund of hedge funds was rated using S&P's classification system where returns and relative risk are compared against a traditional ...

Mellon explores local transition management opportunities

Mellon Global Investments is looking at establishing a transition management business in Australia. US-based Mellon Transition Management Services president Mark Keleher was recently in Australia to discuss opportunities with local institutions. "Australia ...

Investorweb approves of Mariner Mortgage Trust

Investorweb Research has given the Mariner Mortgage Trust a positive review on the strength of the fund's disciplined lending processes, diversified mortgage pool and professional investment team. The researcher says, "The fund offers a solid exposure ...

....and opens Equinox 5 fund for business

Macquarie has released the fifth fund in its Equinox series with plans for two further funds this year and is aiming at attracting a minimum of $10 million for the fund which invests in absolute return strategies. The four previous releases in the Equinox ...

Strong inflows for Ausbil Dexia as top performing fund opened to retail market

Ausbil Dexia has raised its funds under management to $2.5 billion after receiving solid inflows during the last quarter of 2004 predominantly through the firm's Australian equities portfolios with the Australian Active Equity and Emerging Leaders funds ...

Industry funds still the cheapest option

A new survey of superannuation fund fees by Rainmaker Information's SelectingSuper confirms that industry funds and corporate master trusts are still the cheapest superannuation option. The survey of over 200 super funds and personal and corporate master ...