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Industry Super Holdings slammed for weapons investment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... provider and the company. A poll commissioned by SumOfUs found the majority (64%) of Australians want to follow the lead of Germany and Finland and suspend arms trading with Saudi Arabia. Many (63%) said they were uncomfortable with their super fund's ...

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger likely

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... responded, saying it estimates 10,000 jobs could be at risk. Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank are the two largest banks in Germany. If the merger goes through, it will create the second largest bank in Europe, behind HSBC.

FSC to enact binding standard on genetic testing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... cover without having to disclose genetic testing results. These measures bring Australia in line with Switzerland and Germany on the issue. Consumers also won't be required to disclose genetic tests that were taken as a part of research. However, consumers ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... year? Not only that, data shows that as Q4 2018, the British economy has grown faster than all of its G7 peers -- Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada - except for the US. The FTSE-100 index even reached an all-time high in May 2018. Likewise, the ...

Jamieson Coote Bonds introduces global fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
... semi-government, agencies and supra-nationals in the core G7 defined countries − Canada, US (North America), France, Germany, Italy (Europe ex-UK Core), UK and Japan, as well as satellite countries. It is also offered with the option to switch between ...

Royal Commission dampens superannuation success

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

Chief economist update: Euro contagion redux?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
"Growth rates for many of the euro area economies have been marked up, especially for Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, reflecting the stronger momentum in domestic demand and higher external demand. Growth in Spain, which has been well above potential ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... semi-government, agencies and supra-nationals in the core G7 defined countries − Canada, US (North America), France, Germany, Italy (Europe ex-UK Core), UK and Japan, as well as satellite countries. About two years ago, it signed a five-year lease ...

Chief economist update: Fed fail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... Index's year to date return is negative 7.4%. "International developments." China and the Eurozone are slowing, Japan and Germany are a quarter away from a technical recession, Italian budget deficit concerns, Brexit concerns, and the shrinking of ...

Chief economist update: ECB bids farewell to QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... 1.7%, respectively). That's still cool. But if the slowdown in the region's three biggest economies persists - Germany and Italy are just a quarter away from a technical recession and France's year-on-year GDP growth have trended lower from ...