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Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010

... marks The report found that property fund managers have rated dismally, with only a few investors from from Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom getting good scores. The majority of survey participants ignore environmental issues, despite overwhelming ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009

... 589 107 159 21.8 AAA 11. Germany 5,250 63 138 62.6 AAA 11. Spain 2,313 57 138 37.5 AA+ 12. Greece 505 47 135 90.1 A- 13. Sweden 664 73 129 36.5 AAA 14. Finland 329 62 116 33.0 AAA 15. Norway 552 118 114 52.0 AAA 16. Italy 2,359 41 98 103.7 A+ 17. United ...

Nordic pensions unite for ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009

Scary Money

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008

... interest rates a week before. Denmark's Danmarks Nationalbank reduced its benchmark rate by 75 basis points to 4.25 per cent. Sweden's Riksbank switched into overdrive and lowered its key rate by 1.75 basis points to 2 per cent -- the biggest reduction ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008

... as much as US$52.5 billion to two new limited-liability companies that will buy AIG's toxic assets. So were the Swedes. Sweden's national debt office seized the country's largest publicly traded investment bank - 205-year old D. Carnegie & Co. AB - because ...

Skandia adds online group insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008

... Andrew Boldeman, TOWER Australia head of group life. Earlier this year, Skandia's chief executive Ross Laidlow moved to Sweden, leaving John Gethin-Jones and Andrew Black as chief executives of the Intech and Skandia retail businesses, respectively. ...

TAAM wins $100m mandate

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 20 OCT 2008

One of Sweden's largest pension managers, the $43 billion AP1, has awarded Treasury Asia Asset Management with a $100 million Asian equities mandate. The mandate has been in the pipeline for six months but was funded mid September. The $100 million ...

The global recession we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2008

... England cut its base rate to 4.5 per cent, the Bank of Canada to 2.5 per cent, the Swiss National Bank to 2.5 per cent and Sweden's Riksbank to 4.25 per cent. With its benchmark rate at a low 0.5 per cent, the Bank of Japan was unable to participate ...

Australians lead FM pack

RUTH LIEW | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2008

... emerging yards ahead of Americans who averaged $47,124 per capita, $37,266 in France, $25,753 in Canada and $25,559 in Sweden. The figures reflect trends up to the end of December last year, prior to the market entering a further slump triggered by the ...

Swedish pension lessons for Australia

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008

Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, has suggested Australia look to Sweden's nationalised pension system for a model of how to operate a low-cost superannuation system. But is this the right comparison? The centrally ...

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First Sentier expands mandate with Northern Trust

MATTHEW WAI

Northern Trust will offer a range of front-to-back solutions as third-party administrator for First Sentier Investors under an extended agreement.

Venture capital exits expected to grow in 2025: Preqin

ELIZA BAVIN

The venture capital market is expected to see even more exits in 2025 after the sector was impacted by higher interest rates throughout 2024.

FAAA slams 'underlying issues' in CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN

The FAAA has made a submission to the Senate Economics Committee calling out underlying issues brought to the fore by the establishment of the CSLR.

NRL legend joins private wealth firm

ANDREW MCKEAN

Ex-National Rugby League (NRL) player Cooper Cronk has joined Viola Private Wealth as an ambassador.

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