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RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... The Dow and the S&P 500 finished 0.2% and 0.4% lower, respectively, for the week; benchmark indices for the UK(-1.9%), Germany(-1.7%) and France(-2.9%) ended down. Investors also received the "sell in May" memo in our region: Japan's down 3.4%; Hong ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
German business sentiment The Ifo business climate index for Germany dipped to a reading of 106.6 in April from 106.7 in the previous month, disappointing market expectations for an increase to 107.1. The current conditions component of the index also ...

Allianz Pacific corporate and specialty CEO moves to regional role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... worked at Allianz since 1992, initially as head of underwriting liability. After that he was head of market management for Germany, then global head of market management in London before ultimately moving to Australia for his current role. In June, Schaefer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... week's reported rebound in the ISM manufacturing index to expansion territory in March offers a bit of encouragement. Germany factory orders Weak global growth and a stronger currency are also at the heart of the bigger-than-expected 1.2% decline in ...

Market confidence marches in March

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... monthly surveys of over 16,000 purchasing executives from 32 of the world's top economies, including the U.S., Japan, Germany, France and China which together account for over 85 percent of global GDP. It reflects changes in global output, employment ...

Death tax would save budget billions: Costello

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... impacts on productivity. Costello said these kinds of taxes have been used for years by many countries including the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and some states in the US. Australia did abolish death duties in ...

ING DIRECT announces new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... oversaw a national expansion with the rollout of more than 100 new branches in three years. In November 2012 Sareen moved to Germany as ING-DiBa's chief strategy officer, returning to ING Vysya in April 2014 as deputy chief executive, responsible for ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... fastest growing container ports; Open Grid Europe, a gas transmission network operator responsible for approximately 70% of Germany's total national shipping volume; and, Camelot Group, the UK's national lottery operator." An example is Canada's fourth ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... that score poorly are "demographic disasters". Economies in this second group include Japan, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Germany. A third group - "demographic deviants" - have favourable population pyramids but relatively weak institutions. This set has ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the ...