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AMP Capital to acquire Danish infra company

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015

... Commission approval, in September. Established in 1981, Esvagt has 800 employees and services the oil and gas industry in Denmark and Norway and is expanding operations into the UK. "We are pleased to partner with 3i Infrastructure to acquire Esvagt ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015

... in portfolio disclosure. They are headed by India, but also including Brazil and South Korea. The Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, and Norway also figure prominently. The United States, the largest fund market and one with a long history in PHD ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 27 APR 2015

... somewhere else." Chang, who chairs Janus Capital's investment committee, explained that negative real interest rates in Denmark, Switzerland and Germany are a clear sign that we live in unusual times and investors need to rethink their approach to fixed ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015

... reliant on personal income tax and company income tax as a source of revenue - more so than any other OECD nation other than Denmark. He said it was particularly important to consider that in an increasingly globalised marketplace, relying on company ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015

... sectors (water, gas, electricity, broadcasting towers and transportation) and six countries (UK, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Spain). The Fund's investor base is made up of 49 institutional investors of whom the majority are pension funds and ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015

... Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lower its key interest rates last week. This week opened with the Danmarks Nationalbank - Denmark's central bank - surprise announcement of a 15bps reduction in its deposit rate to minus 0.2%. And to those speculating that ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014

... score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark, which scored 82.4%. This represents a 2% rise from 2013, and puts Australia ahead of the Netherlands for the first time ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014

... Romania; 1%-2% for Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain; 2%-3% for Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France; 3%-4% for Austria, Netherlands and the UK and 4%-5% Finland and Sweden.

Australian pension fund growth outstrips global average

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013

... five-year compound growth rate measured in US dollars over the period 2007 to 2012 of 13%, followed by Taiwan at 11%, Denmark at 9%, Mexico at 7% and Brazil at 5%. "Australian funds grew significantly last year. The driving factor was their relatively ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013

... systems. "Countries with virtuous public finances in the Maastricht sense, such as for example, Sweden, Luxembourg or Denmark, are much less virtuous if their public pension commitments are taken into account, while the situation of countries such as ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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