Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 112 results for "Sweden"

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 ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

Australian retirement outcomes among the best

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... sixth overall for retirement outcomes in Natixis' Global Retirement Index, sitting behind Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand. According to Natixis, Australia's ranking is attributed to an improvement in its "finances" score, alongside ...

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... According to Schroders, this gap in expectations and reality is the fourth largest in the world, behind only South Africa, Sweden and the US. Schroders Australia head of distribution Graeme Mather warned intending retirees to learn from the lessons of ...