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Australia better long-term bet than the US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2013
... Francisco-based investment specialist put forward for the long-term case for the CASSH economies - Canada, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland and Hong Kong. He pointed to the relative weakening of Europe and the US amid debt and fiscal concerns versus ...

Temper, temper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... hedge fund - told other great mortals (2,600 political, business and financial leaders) at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last 25 January that, "2013 will be a 'game changer' for the economy as investors reallocate money after risks such as ...

Australia becomes fourth largest pension pool

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... Study, Australian superannuation assets relative to GDP rose from 96% in 2011 to 101% in 2012, joining the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States as countries where this ratio is higher than 100%. Australia now has the world's ...

Beggar me not my neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
... 'The Telegraph,' "The ECB has so far refused to act to curb euro strength, standing aloof as Japan, the US, Britain, Switzerland, Norway, New Zealand and Korea itself, among others, try to steer their currencies lower." Yup, so far. But maybe not for ...

Family office and HNW clients overlook best cash deposit rates

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... Australian dollars, some deposit rates are as low as 3% for $20 million." Geary highlights the example of UBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank. It has recently announced that it is going to charge clients for the privilege of depositing cash balances in ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... postponing the introduction of the Basel III reforms" for another six months or longer. 6 Sweden and Norway replace Switzerland as havens. Not if you look at their relative 10-year benchmark bond yields. Since the day of Steen's forecasts, Swedish and ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... government has announced its intention to form intergovernmental agreements with Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland and has recently signed an agreement with the UK.

UBS to cut up to 10 000 jobs

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... jobs after announcing a $AUD 2.25 billion net profit loss on Tuesday. As part of a cost-cutting following the result, Switzerland's biggest bank said that it "is likely to have a headcount of around 54 000" by 2015, down from its current 64 000 employees ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... Mercer Global Pension Index has shown that Australia has come in third place out of 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement savings ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... changes have reduced Australia's average wealth (US$ 354,986) by 11%; however average wealth remains second only to Switzerland (US$468,186) Over the past year, the number of dollar millionaires in Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden has diminished ...