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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... members of the bloc France would be downgraded by one notch, while fellow top-line creditors Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands would be spared. The downgrade could force France's borrowing costs up at a time when it has already been forced to impose ...

HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... financial markets and access to 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.

PIGS!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
... October and Greece is already junked. S&P warned that of the 15 Eurozone members, six countries - Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Finland - face a one-notch downgrade while the remaining nine are staring at a two-step markdown. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... US-based ratings firm Standard & Poor's was poised to announce later on Monday that its was putting Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Luxembourg on "creditwatch negative" due to the deepening eurozone public debt crisis, the Financial ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... been ranked as having the best prepared retirement savings system followed by Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands, according to Allianz Global Investors. The Allianz Global Investors Pension Sustainability Index (PSI) measures the pressure ...

SG increase the key to global pension top spot

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Australia's pension system has been rated second in the world, behind the Netherlands which secured first place with its action on SG increases and raising the retirement age. According to the 2011 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Netherlands ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... worth $2.71 billion. She said investors were hopeful a Greek default would not lead to a global recession after the Netherlands voted to beef up Europe's rescue fund. The European Central Bank (ECB) unveiled new measures to help cash-strapped Eurozone ...

Australian funds lead global asset growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... trillion to US$12.5 trillion over the last year. The US accounts for 34% of those assets, followed by Japan with 18%, the Netherlands with 6% and the UK and Canada with 5% each.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... 50.4 in July. Any score below 50 indicates contraction, while anything above suggests expansion. Only Germany, the Netherlands and Austria posted manufacturing growth, with France, Italy and Spain slumping into negative territory. British manufacturing ...

REST Acumen attracts Global Fortune 500 company

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... and how we approach superannuation." "We are working with AkzoNobel as we speak to transfer the funds." Based in the Netherlands, AkzoNobel is a Global Fortune 500 company and also specialises in chemical production across paper, food, and industrial ...