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Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN | MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012

... pension fund assets and a rise in the labour force participation rate amongst those aged 55-64. The results also showed that Denmark received an overall index value of 82.9, which makes it the first system to be classified as 'A' grade, moving the Netherlands ...

Australian super funds, world's third best

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012

... returns net of inflation in the OECD despite having the highest weighting to equities, reveals new research from the OECD. Denmark was the top performing pension fund nation during calendar year 2011 earning an average of 12.1%, Netherlands was second ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012

... on the exit. That, or load up only on AAA-rated bonds. There's only a handful - seven - of them now: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. Though Germany's still AAA, it's now on a negative outlook.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP | THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011

... and Rabobank on the back of escalating problems in Europe. Others, including France's Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel Denmark's Danske Bank and Finland's OP Pohjola Group also took the hit. Meanwhile, a surge in Italy's borrowing costs and comments ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS | MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011

Australia has been ranked as having the best prepared retirement savings system followed by Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands, according to Allianz Global Investors. The Allianz Global Investors Pension Sustainability Index (PSI) measures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011

... among the largest oil accumulations in the United States. British security group G4S meanwhile said it had agreed to buy Denmark-based facilities company ISS for STG5.2 billion, creating the world's largest security and facilities group. HONG KONG - ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING | TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010

... dominate the top 500, countries with smaller economies, and smaller investment markets than ours, including South Africa, Denmark, Sweden and Belgium, all have entries in the top 100. With the exception of South Africa (boosted by 34th placed behemoth ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010

... overall life satisfaction among OECD countries, with an average score of 7.9 out of 10, beaten only by Ireland, Norway and Denmark (equal first) and Finland and Canada (equal second). The majority of the data used in this report comes from the Household ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010

... lower tax rate. According to the Commonwealth Treasury, 11 countries have resource royalty regimes but five - Norway, Denmark, the US, Canada and South Africa - have super profit components albeit defined differently with varying threshold and taxation ...

More room to slash super fees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009

... investment fees Monaghan also touched on comparisons often drawn between Australian industry funds and those in Netherlands and Denmark. Industry funds charge 1.05 per cent on average, of which 0.67 per cent goes to investment management costs. By contrast ...

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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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