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COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ratios shows that they are among the lowest in the globe. Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden's government budgets are even in surplus. As S&P Global prints in its April ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... pension markets 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. ...

BetaShares calls for universal pension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... a full or partial universal pension is a successful part of the retirement system in many countries including The Netherlands, New Zealand and some Nordic countries."

Link Group expands with Europe acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... with PES' established operations in Spain, Greece and Cyprus complementing Link Group's established operations in the Netherlands and Italy." Mike Culhane, Pepper Group's global chief executive said: "This transaction brings together two of the most ...

First Sentier hires AMP Capital portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... reports to van der Lende, who took over as the head of the MAS team in 2011 after working at Morgan Stanley in the Netherlands. "As it stands today [7 January 2020], there are no changes to the named portfolio managers (Kej Somaia and Andrew Harman) ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... stats put Australia's household debt to net disposable income at 216.4% - the fourth largest behind Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. In contrasts, Australia's government debt to GDP, at 40.7%, is among the lowest in the G20. This compares ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... conducted in conjunction with the Monash Centre for Financial Studies - showed Australia lacks when compared to the Netherlands and Denmark, the nation's registering first and second in the index, with Australia scoring a B+, thanks to an overall score ...

Aussie employers understand importance of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... important. What's more, the 61% proportion of Aussie employers who do, sit well below their global counterparts. In the Netherlands that number is 71%, while in the UK, US and Ireland, 78%, 81% and 83% of employers respectively agree access to retirement ...

Australia investor friendly, not consumer friendly: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... short end of the stick when it comes to fees and charges. The Global Investor Experience Study found Australia, the Netherlands and the United States have the lowest fees for investors, while countries like Italy and Taiwan rated the worst. Morningstar's ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... it takes" despite the growing chorus of dissent from central bank heads and officials from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands against a big stimulus package, Draghi over-delivered. "First, as regards the key ECB interest rates, we decided to lower ...