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Mariner ups stake in German property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... Financial has added more than 30 per cent to its current real estate platform with the acquisition of two properties in Gotha, Germany for A$52(-33) million. The properties, a retail supermarket and a government-leased office building, are both seed ...

CBA links with German investment bank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2007
... mean both banks will act as a 'recommended supplier' of banking services for their respective customers in Australia or Germany. The agreement follows the CBA's existing agreements with other major international banks such as RBS, Bank of America, Bank ...

Australians top list but still underinsured

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... Report compared attitudes to life risks and rates of individual insurance take-up between Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Despite ranking below most nations in ...

Pension age too low: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
... well after they turn 65." While the move may seem drastic, it's already happening in other countries like the US, the UK, Germany, Denmark, Iceland and Norway, while Singapore is also likely to head the same way. Beyer acknowledged the shift could have ...

Tawrrific APEC and the Berlin Wall

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2007
... the odds were of the real Berlin Wall coming down, which happened just two days later following the resignation of East Germany's communist government. Now APEC is the real deal, with members including 21 economies representing over 40 per cent of the ...

Liquidity evaporates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
... on its new listing after suffering losses of at least A$222 million (a,-138) this year on U.S. sub-prime investments. Germany's Bundesbank will host a meeting of German banks involved in a rescue of Europe's most high profile sub-prime victim, IKB as ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

... The US currently leads the way with more than US $13 trillion GDP followed by Japan with more than US $4 trillion and Germany on third place with just more than US$3 trillion. But by 2025, the dynamics would change such that the US still has the top ...

Biometrics to curb ID theft

... commissioned by IT services group LogicaCMG, surveyed 3,500 respondents across Europe namely in France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Sweden. Among the findings were that 83 per cent were willing to provide fingerprints ...

European property the next big game: Perennial

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... established trends of securitising its investment-grade property, as witnessed by the birth of REITs this year in Italy and Germany, and the market fundamentals looked good with declining office vacancies and rising rents. "It's a good time to be a landlord," ...

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... are forecasting accelerated growth for the continent and the UK's annual growth has climbed to 12.8 per cent. Despite Germany's recent value-added tax increase, this month the DAX Stock Index rose 10.4 per cent year-to-date upstaging the US S&P500 Index's ...