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Gold, gold, gold, but not to Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... recommend pension funds should hold up to 10% of their assets in gold, though very few funds do apart from those in Switzerland for example where a 10% holding is mandated by government. Moodley said Taurus manages about $1 billion in FUM with most of ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... at monetary unity has failed. The first time they tried - and failed - was in 1865 when France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland tried to unify their currencies by forming the Latin Monetary Union. They were joined by Spain and Greece in 1868, and Romania ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... category in the new system. Preliminary tables published by S&P show Australia's former Group 1 stablemates Canada, Switzerland and Sweden retaining their top rating in the new system, but Hong Kong will push Australia down to Category 2, a position ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... its dual initial public offering in Hong Kong and London, which will be the world's biggest so far this year. The Switzerland-based giant has priced its shares at between 4.80 and 5.80 ($7.91-$9.55) for a sale expected to raise about $10 billion. The ...

SMSFs pour more into property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... preserve capital, while there has also been plenty of offshore interest, not least from Asia but also Germany and Switzerland. SMSFs account for around 75 per cent of investment in Charter Hall's property funds. It recently launched a Direct Retail Fund ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... past and say haven't we been great together..." Aww, how sweet! But this is to be expected. Many of its friends - Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France - have already withdrawn or announced their intention to withdraw their ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... outdone, Australian investors are ranked third richest when it comes to the average level of wealth, beaten only by Switzerland and Norway. The average wealth per adult in the country is US$320,000, rising 211 per cent over the past decade due to high ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... managed to secure commitments from approximately 35 investors from diverse countries: Scandinavia, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia in particular," said Mark Crosbie, managing partner. "The confidence placed in the Antin ...

Grand currency sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010

Gotta love gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... encourages China to stay the course. Both actions are causing distaste among Europeans that Britain, the Eurozone and Switzerland have joined the race to the bottom. And what do you get when currencies are becoming worthless pieces of paper? Whichever ...