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Cosgrove and McCullagh nominated to CSC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... Defence Force, air chief marshal Angus Houston. The appointment is subject to passage of the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010 which is currently before Parliament. Cosgrove is well known and respected within the ADF ...

Mercer appoints CIO in UK

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... industry. He spent the early part of his career in the Asia/Pacific region as a senior actuarial advisor in the Australian Government and, later, as a Mercer consultant. His 14-year career at Mercer took him to the UK and culminated in his appointment ...

Pain in Spain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
... next. Now go ahead! Try and compare these with, say, the increase in tobacco tax or the reduction in the Australian government's superannuation co-contribution scheme. Go ahead! You're smiling now aren't you? We're so lucky aren't we? But what does this ...

Do nothing budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2010
... But cracks are beginning to appear there too. The major positive of this "do-nothing" budget is that the Australian government would be in a better position to do "something" should things take a turn for the worse.

BTIM realigns income and diversified funds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2010
... planners that the restructuring has little impact on portfolio management responsibilities with only the Australian government bond management component of the fixed interest portfolios changing, and there is no change in the strategies for the diversified ...

CFS appoints former Russell head of super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... champion of superannuation member literacy. Among other roles, she is on the independent advisory board of the Australian Government's Financial Literacy Foundation and a member of IFSA's marketing and distribution board committee. Her background comes ...

Fund managers to tap gov't capital

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... sources of employment to benefit industry and the economy," Senator Carr said. "Through the IIF program the Australian Government will provide $20 million to each successful fund manager to establish new funds of $40 million or more. "These new funds ...

Islamic finance crucial for Australia: Crean

GOVERNMENT RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The $1 trillion Islamic finance market is a crucial part of the Australian Government's strategy to make Australia a financial hub in Asia Pacific, according to Simon Crean, minister for trade. At the launch of the Government's booklet, Islamic Finance ...

GMO head of Aussie equities departs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... December last year while the S&P/ASX 300 benchmark returned 37 per cent, according to Rainmaker. State Super, Australian Government Employees Superannuation Trust (AGEST), Health Super Fund, CareSuper all have Australian equities investment mandates ...

New chapter in savings after government guarantee ends

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... termination of the government guarantee on wholesale funding next month gives a strong signal that - as far as the Australian government is concerned - the financial crisis is over. But the move could pose new problems for financial services providers ...