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HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... those markets. The top 10 nations are Hong Kong SAR, the US, UK, Singapore, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland and Norway. France is ranked 12th and Germany 15th.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... storage giant Kinder Morgan on Sunday announced a deal to buy rival El Paso Corp for about $38 billion. And on Monday, Norway's Statoil announced the purchase of US oil company Brigham Exploration for $4.7 billion. The purchase will give the Norwegian ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... performed relatively well and didn't incur serious public debt like the core developed economies in the northern hemisphere." Norway tops the index of 44 countries thanks to its extremely low debt levels, BlackRock said. Australia ranks fifth on the ...

Pigs may fly but they won't default

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... cent. If you think that's great, wait till you hear that Finland's OMX Helsinki Index surged by 3.5 per cent last night and Norway's OBX Stock Index by 2.8 per cent. But wait, isn't this all about Greece? Now it's virtually assured of another 12 billion ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... slashed Greece's credit ratings by three notches to B+ due to the massive challenges of correcting the country's finances and Norway suspended the pay of a $US42 million grant to Greece. Bank of New Zealand currency strategist Mike Jones said the Australian ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... the world according to FTSE4Good ESG ratings with an over all score of 2.93, marginally above the global average of 2.76. Norway tops the table with 3.73, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. New Zealand is fifth. Two Australian companies are in the ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... was listed as having total assets of US$625 billion, funded by the export of hydrocarbons since 1976. Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Australian investors are ranked third richest when it comes to the average level of wealth, beaten only by Switzerland and Norway. The average wealth per adult in the country is US$320,000, rising 211 per cent over the past decade due to high levels ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Sweden in overall life satisfaction among OECD countries, with an average score of 7.9 out of 10, beaten only by Ireland, Norway and Denmark (equal first) and Finland and Canada (equal second). The majority of the data used in this report comes from ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...