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AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... and sustainable infrastructure solutions. AustralianSuper and QIC are among new investors, alongside Railways Pension and Sweden's AP2. The actual investments are undisclosed but will see AustralianSuper senior investments director, infrastructure Derek ...

Whitehelm grows social infrastructure assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... of 11 Norwegian preschools, boosting the firm's portfolio to 174 preschools and eight care homes in Norway, Finland and Sweden. Pioneer purchased preschool portfolio from private preschool owner-operator Gnist Barnehager. The deal includes a leaseback ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... has been the epicentre of negative rates policy since the European Central Bank took rates below zero in 2015. Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland followed the ECB with negative rates policies to help stem excessive currency appreciation of their own currencies ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... future." Iceland came first in the rankings followed by Switzerland, Norway and Ireland with New Zealand in fifth place. Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Luxembourg round out the top 10. The United Kingdom and United States are ranked 17th and 18th in the ...

Genetic tests no barrier to life insurance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... testing results. The FSC said the updated moratorium brings Australia in line with the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Holland and Sweden. At the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney Westpac Group director of insurance, finance Jessica Chen provided ...

Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Institute believes Australians can expect to live 82.5 years on average - a life expectancy longer than most countries like Sweden, Korea, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Japan takes the lead with the longest life expectancy. Factoring in Australians' ...

ANZ Australia head to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... taking an extended career break to spend time with family. Fred Ohlsson has announced he will be returning to his native Sweden following 17 years' at the bank. Current group executive, business and private banking Mark Hand will act in the role while ...

Beware the fintech Ponzi scheme

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... Cathy Xuying Cao provided a comprehensive report of the development of fintech in different regions - China, the UK and Sweden. The report highlighted the phenomenal growth of the segment. As of August this year, there are more than 12, 130 fintech startups ...

Australian retirement system weakens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... place. With a score of 72.6, Australia has been bumped from third place by Finland (74.5) and just managed to edge out Sweden (72.5). Measured against a series of three sub-indices of adequacy, sustainability and integrity, Australia scored 63.4, 73.8 ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... eight countries. SSGA's Global Retirement Reality Report polled 9400 people across Australia, US, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and Italy. The study charted the 9400 respondents' self-reported levels of happiness against how their ...