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Hope trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... by 5.74%, Finland's OMX Helsinki index by 5.1% and Italy's MIB by 4.9%. For greater emphasis, how about the 6.2% jump in Sweden's OMX Stockholm index? Now I'm not one to 'rah-rah' against this - I'll take anything that boosts confidence and make the ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... the new system. Preliminary tables published by S&P show Australia's former Group 1 stablemates Canada, Switzerland and Sweden retaining their top rating in the new system, but Hong Kong will push Australia down to Category 2, a position it will likely ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... of 2.93, marginally above the global average of 2.76. Norway tops the table with 3.73, followed by the Netherlands and Sweden. New Zealand is fifth. Two Australian companies are in the top 12 global firms. Westpac Banking Corp has an overall rating of ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... improvement in the latest purchasing managers indices in China, India, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Brazil, Czech Republic, Turkey... shall I go on? Markit Economics latest report shows that they're all above 50 and rising ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... 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 Old Mutual ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... having to work harder to juggle family, job and financial pressures. Australia ranks equal third with the United States and Sweden in overall life satisfaction among OECD countries, with an average score of 7.9 out of 10, beaten only by Ireland, Norway ...

Valad wins $700m property mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... Property Group has won a $700 million mandate from Kefren Properties IX AB to manage the firm's real estate portfolio in Sweden. According to a press statement, the Kefren portfolio consists of 150 properties spanning more than 827,000sqm of lettable ...

Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... marks The report found that property fund managers have rated dismally, with only a few investors from from Australia, Sweden and the United Kingdom getting good scores. The majority of survey participants ignore environmental issues, despite overwhelming ...

Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... 589 107 159 21.8 AAA 11. Germany 5,250 63 138 62.6 AAA 11. Spain 2,313 57 138 37.5 AA+ 12. Greece 505 47 135 90.1 A- 13. Sweden 664 73 129 36.5 AAA 14. Finland 329 62 116 33.0 AAA 15. Norway 552 118 114 52.0 AAA 16. Italy 2,359 41 98 103.7 A+ 17. United ...

Nordic pensions unite for ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2009