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Australia among the big guns in millionaire stakes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... out the top five were the UK and Switzerland. The other countries ahead of Australia in descending order were Germany, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, France, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Russia. The total number of millionaire households reached 16.3 million ...

Abbott eyes Canadian pension money

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... investments in Australia now. "There will be more infrastructure investments in Australia in the future that I believe Canada could well take advantage of." The PM's statement came after the Queensland, West Australian and Victorian governments flagged ...

Safer sex? Women take less risk than men

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... While this male/female difference is a global phenomenon, its magnitude varies across regions. In Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, the male/female difference is more or less the same but in the UK, females are comparatively less ...

TAL appoints chief risk officer

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... basic resources. In the US S&P 500, financials make up 16.5%, while in the S&P Europe 350 index, financials make up 21.9%. Canada's TSX Composite index is one of the closest to Australia's, with 34.1% financials, 25.2% energy, and 12.7% materials. While ...

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... nuclear weapons to be launched "today or tomorrow". What got me jumping was that Kim Jong Un was as loonie - no disrespect to Canada's legal tender - as his daddy before him and thus, capable of carrying out his threat. But Vlamidir? While they both ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... proxy for Australia, only 22% of advice professionals are under 40 and only 5% are under 30. The average age across the US, Canada, UK and Australia is around 55. Furthermore, the industry is struggling to attract young talent, driven in part by a perception ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... process. The very one the West wants to protect. No one raised an eyebrow when Quebec held referendums on secession from Canada in 1980 and 1995 -- save perhaps the rest of Canada. No one batted an eyelid when the secession thingy was again floated by ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... surrender or face an all out assault, For this comes after the G7 issued a communiquA(C) stating that: "We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... year? Big deal! If you recall Putin deliberately did not attend the US-hosted G8 Summit back in May of 2012. By the by, Canada has already opted out of the G-8 summit. Putin's probably been emboldened by his not so small victory in preventing America ...