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Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... it takes" despite the growing chorus of dissent from central bank heads and officials from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands against a big stimulus package, Draghi over-delivered. "First, as regards the key ECB interest rates, we decided to lower ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... fast enough to address this deterioration and, as such, most retirees in six nations - Australia, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the UK and the US - can expect to live past their savings by almost a decade. Han Yik, WEF head of institutional investors ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... been because people didn't have anything else to fall back on. They didn't have other assets." Wood warned that the Netherlands has a similar retirement system Australia's, but its super guarantee equivalent has been in existence much longer. In the ...

Robeco wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... with Christian Super to achieve their sustainable investment goals," Dennis said. Headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Robeco manages about $263 billion in assets.

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... independent chairman. " Chevron is facing similar shareholder action at its annual general meeting on the same day. Aegon Netherlands and Aegon Asset Management Netherlands announced it will support resolutions at the Chevron meeting to demand a transition ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... the market, according to Willis Towers Watson. Such schemes are also popular in Japan (96%), Canada (95%) and the Netherlands (94%). The Grattan Institute believes Australians can expect to live 82.5 years on average - a life expectancy longer than most ...

UK to introduce new pension scheme

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
The UK has green flagged a new type of pension scheme on the back of union demand, joining Denmark and Netherlands which use a similar system. The new collective defined contribution (CDC) will allow employers to pool together group contributions while ...

QIC acquires European airport stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
QIC has partnered with a Dutch pension giant to acquire 36% of a European airport. The APG-QIC consortium transaction sees the Brisbane-based alternatives manager and the Dutch pension fund investor take a 16.8% interest in the Brussels airport. The ...

Dutch insto opens Australian office

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... real estate portfolio, targeting 40% of its total AUM in international assets and 60% of the domestic funds in the Netherlands. "The fast-growing Asia-Pacific markets will play a key role in achieving those ambitious growth targets," he said. In 2018 ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Study collectively had $US40.2 trillion of assets under management. They included Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, UK and US.