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GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Medtronic. Geographically, 83% of its holdings are from United States, followed by 4.1% in United Kingdom, 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... of a country's retirement environment. The rest of the top 10 for retirement security comprised, in order, Iceland, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark and Germany. This year, the GRI shows the impact of the pandemic ...

VFMC adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... She joined the big four bank after 18 years with HSBC, during which time she worked across Canada, Monaco, Greece, Switzerland and London. Commenting on the appointment, VFMC chief executive Lisa Gray said: "We are delighted for a leader of Sarah's depth ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... increases in infections of more than 70% during the week of 10-16 August vs the prior week. In northern Europe, Denmark, Switzerland and Norway have all had spikes of between 46.9% and 59.4%." Better lock your door. "In response, containment measures ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... Zurich Australia in cooperation with Zurich Insurance Group's charitable foundation, the Z Zurich Foundation (ZZF) in Switzerland, upped its annual donation of about $2.28 million to community programs by another $1.43 million to be allocated to 20 charities ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... Fitch Ratings - namely: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, and Switzerland. Good call! Latest available information on each country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ratios shows that they are ...

University of Sydney scores win at CFA competition

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... (United States), Universidade de Sao Paulo (Brazil), BI Norwegian Business School (Norway) and University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... than 1%. "And we have a number of countries around the world, we could think of France and Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, they have negative interest rates right at the moment." Quoting Warren Buffett, Douglass said the value of assets and investments ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... been reported in Italy; one death has been reported in France." This doesn't include the latest cases reported in Switzerland and Croatia. This would certainly reverse the budding improvement in the Eurozone economy. Just before the virus broke out ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... in the world as part of the P7 (the seven largest markets for pension assets) with Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US. The P7 accounts for 92% of the US$46.7 trillion in assets in the 22 largest pension markets. The research ...