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Government steps up its super co-contribution campaign

The federal government has launched a national advertising campaign to promote its superannuation co-contribution scheme announced in last year's budget. The original co-contribution scheme matched one dollar for every dollar put into superannuation. ...

Challenger gets HSBCAM for $21.9m

Challenger Financial Services has this morning announced the acquisition of HSBC Asset Management for $21.9 million. A spokesperson for Challenger said HSBC Asset Management's strength in listed property and hybrid property were a main reason behind ...

Super choice for everyone

The Federal Government will override state laws to extend choice of superannuation to State award employees as of 1 July, 2006. Currently choice of superannuation fund legislation, which will come into effect from July this year, only covers Federal ...

Optimix gets optimal rating from Lonsec

Citing strong fund performance research house Lonsec has given ING Group's Optimix range of manage the manager funds a 'recommended' rating. The rating covers Optimix's eight options - Conservative, Moderate, Balanced, Growth, High Growth, Australian ...

Higher interest rates ahead

The Reserve Bank this morning announced a rate hike of 25bp, to 5.5 per cent, citing stronger inflationary pressures and domestic demand as their reason for doing so in March. The rate hike was expected by the market, which has also priced in another ...

Mercer proposes lower taxes on super and a rise in pension age

Mercer Human Resource Consulting has recommended the Federal Government reduce taxes levied on superannuation funds and raise the official pension age from 65 to 67 in order to address the problems presented by the aging workforce. The suggestions have ...

InfoComp signs up another global brand

InfoComp has signed up another large global player with RBC Global Services Australia to start using InfoComp's fund administration platform Composer from April. The new deal is expected to help with Info Comp's offshore push. "We value the fact that ...

S&P OKs Gottex funds despite changes

Standard & Poor's has affirmed the 'strong' Assirt rating on the fund of hedge fund Select Gottex Market Neutral Funds as Gottex moves to 'soft' close the fund. Both the Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund (SGMNF) and the Select Gottex Enhanced Market ...

Mercer acquires Mellon Australian HR and Investor Solutions business

Mellon Financial Corporation has agreed to deal exclusively with Mercer Human Resource Consulting in regards to the sale of its Human Resources and Investor Solutions (HR&IS) in Australia that provides superannuation administration, retirement consulting ...

Babcock & Brown LIC debuts at discount

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2005
Listed investment company Babcock & Brown Capital floated today at $2.35 or a 15c discount to its $2.50 price. Babcock & Brown raised $1 billion for the LIC, which was flagged late last year. The initial public offering issued 200 million shares at ...