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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 ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... during 2019, driven by 10 fewer campaigns in the UK. The report notes that activity expanded across France, Germany and Switzerland. Activists continue to have a strong influence on boards, with 122 board seats won by activists in 2019. Most of these ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... keeping interest rates low. "Both household-debt-to-income and house-prices-to-income ratios are very high. Other than Switzerland, Australia has the highest level of household debt as a percentage of gross domestic product in the developed world," it ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... publicity stunt that saw them, dressed in tennis whites, hit tennis balls back and forth inside Credit Suisse branches in Switzerland last year. Following the stunt, #WakeUpRoger began trending on Twitter. Federer has responded to the mounting criticism. ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone negative rates a failure?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... epicentre of negative rates policy since the European Central Bank took rates below zero in 2015. Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland followed the ECB with negative rates policies to help stem excessive currency appreciation of their own currencies against ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... broad area. The European firm, which services wholesale clients locally and has a global investment committee based in Switzerland and Australia, has a 20% allocation to alternatives that complements a core satellite approach. The core investments remain ...

US reaches $1bn settlement over 1MDB scam

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... from Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and laundered that money through the US, Switzerland, Singapore and Luxembourg. The US has now settled to recover USD $700 million (over AUD $1 billion) in assets traceable to ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
In its world economic update for October, the International Monetary Fund said that the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown. Growth for 2019 was downgraded again to 3%, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. "This is a serious ...

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." - Jaws The history of the US-China trade negotiations has followed a pattern ever since it began in 2018 - rhetoric from both sides building hopes for a deal only to be followed by escalating ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... women are empowered to take control of their own financial 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 ...