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Caterpillar economy turns into a butterfly

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014

... tumbled 3.3 percent from a year ago and U.K. inflation unexpectedly plunged to its lowest in five years. Prices in Israel and Sweden are even falling in an indication of deflation." That was the day the S&P 500 dropped by around 3% intra-day, 10-year ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014

... Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark, which scored 82.4%. This represents a 2% rise from 2013, and puts Australia ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014

... Spain; 2%-3% for Belgium, Denmark, Germany and France; 3%-4% for Austria, Netherlands and the UK and 4%-5% Finland and Sweden.

Rich get richer fastest in Australia

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014

... going to the richest one percent in Australia rose more than 80% versus about 140% in the US and around 75% in third placed Sweden. The total share of national income going to the richest one percent in Australia is about 9%. The figure puts Australia's ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013

... while Unibail is a Dutch company, it owns shopping malls right across Europe from the stronger Northern economies such as Sweden down to the more debt-laden countries including Spain. "These are blue-chip stocks in their respective markets and should ...

Public pension liabilities add to eurozone debt woes

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013

... their expensive pension systems. "Countries with virtuous public finances in the Maastricht sense, such as for example, Sweden, Luxembourg or Denmark, are much less virtuous if their public pension commitments are taken into account, while the situation ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

... to follow the United States in postponing the introduction of the Basel III reforms" for another six months or longer. 6 Sweden and Norway replace Switzerland as havens. Not if you look at their relative 10-year benchmark bond yields. Since the day of ...

Australia leads in global median wealth

MARK STORY | FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012

... Switzerland (US$468,186) Over the past year, the number of dollar millionaires in Australia, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden has diminished as a proportion of the global total, but has risen in the United States and Japan. The number of millionaires ...

Bond boom or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012

... 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.

Genetics not education drives investor behaviour

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012

... Biases?' The research is based on a study of more than 15,000 Swedish twins from the world's largest twin registry, the Sweden Twin Registry, that matched detailed data on the twins' investment behaviors against their genetic profile. The methodology ...

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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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