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Tonight's the night

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... sequestering these 'experts' and unleashing them into the Australian world all at the same time is so that government initiatives, plans and programmes unveiled in the Budget would not be revealed ahead of the Treasurer's unveiling. This could create ...

Merger plans for AUI and Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... expertise and Lifeplan's specialist product skills. Lifeplan will retain its Adelaide head office and continue its expansion plans in the eastern states. The Lifeplan brand would be retained and customers would continue to deal with the company in the ...

Liongate snags $1 billion in mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... funds and insurance companies. Last month alone, the fund manager received mandates from pension funds in Germany. Pension plans in the UK, Italy, Scandinavia, Finland, the US and several insurance companies in Japan have also put their money in Liongate's ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... companies improved by more than $260 billion in the past two months, according to a report. Mercer's review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly $200 billion in March this year, bringing ...

Beware the Budgets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... banks need to raise a total of only US$75 billion in extra capital and they have until 8 June to present their money raising plans to US regulators. Nine of the 19 US banks were given a tick of approval - they were found not to be under stress and were ...

China's smoking gun

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... confirms that they just do things differently over there. The Australian government is so concerned they have just announced plans to spend an estimated $200-300 billion over the next twenty years on a massive military build up that includes 100 joint ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... transferring superannuation entity is wound up. Ross Bowden, executive director wealth management, ING Australia, said that plans by the Minister to introduce legislation to Federal Parliament providing Capital Gains Tax roll-over relief on superannuation ...

Clouds still far away

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Meanwhile, the survey also confirmed that seven out of ten companies currently depending on internal IT systems have no plans to switch to cloud-based - a metaphor for the Internet or online technologies - in the next 12 months. "Our experience is that ...

Rio Tinto Super adds Alcan Gove members

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... through the Rio Tinto Fund Member Helpline. Alcon Gove's insurance arrangements will also be replaced by upgraded Rio Tinto plans. Where insurance cover applies, there will be a removal of any restrictions that applied to cover under the Alcan Gove Plan ...

Mercer adds boutique, adds staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... number of asset classes in alternatives. It means the firm is going to be spending up on infrastructure and people, including plans to more than double the firm's staff numbers in real estate and alternatives. This announcement follows other investment ...