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European DC Pension market to hit A$3.7tr by 2015

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... tax advantages, such as the plan d'epargne actions (PEA) in France or the investment savings account (ISA) in the United Kingdom, and fund managers need to enlarge their thinking accordingly," he said. This creates opportunities for fund managers not ...

Autumn Angst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... if not perdition. But we've been through this once before (for those of us ancient enough to remember) when the United Kingdom opted out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) back in late 1992. In what is now dubbed "Black Wednesday" the British pound ...

APRA executive appointed secretary general of Basel

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... the G20 at the 2009 Pittsburgh summit. Current membership stands at 20 countries, and includes the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain China, India and Brazil.

Action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011

China demand for Australian resources to fall: JP Morgan

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011
... the medium to long term. Speaking at the CFA Institute Australia Investment Conference in Sydney, Ulrich said the Middle Kingdom may have to live with lower growth rates in the next few years. "If China can maintain a 7% plus growth rate, despite an ...

Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... France's CAC-40 index gave up 5.4%; Italy's MIB index plunged 6.7%. And across the North Sea, the (literally) burning United Kingdom saw its FTSE-100 down 3.1%. The boo - France is about to burn. Never mind the more than 20% dive in Societe Generale's ...

New Russell manager to tackle prac management

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2011
... RPM service has already been released for some time in other overseas markets including America, Canada and the United Kingdom with the investment manager finding the recent FOFA reforms providing a solid foundation to launch the program on in Australia. ...

A friend like Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... over the weekend, "Operation Odyssey Dawn" added to the list of market uncertainties as the United States, the United Kingdom and France - with the blessing of the United Nations - started bombing Qaddafi's bum off his throne. And by the looks of it ...

Oil central bank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... alone" but it is what happens on the 11th of this month in Saudi that could finally settle oil's near-term direction. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the Organisation of Petroleum Countries' (OPEC) largest oil producer and the biggest holder of spare ...

AMP Capital invests $43m in Thames Water

AMP CAPITAL UPDATE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011