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UN pension fund confirms leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... He brings more than three decades' experience in financial management and has worked across the Netherlands, Ireland, Hungary, Greece and Spain. He previously served as chief financial officer of the World Food Programme. "He possesses extensive and ...

Chief economist update: Comeback COVID

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... noted the rate of infection is steadily increasing. Worryingly Europe's CDC said Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, Austria, Hungary and Greece have all had increases in infections of more than 70% during the week of 10-16 August vs the prior week. In northern ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... negative effects on the economic outlooks for EM, mostly leading to recessions." Countries like South Africa, Colombia, Hungary or Malaysia are more exposed to economic vulnerability, Amundi said. With the pandemic impacting oil demand, oil producers ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... in 2016 New Zealand-based life insurers paid financial advisers commissions of about 20%. This is well above Mexico and Hungary which rounded out the top three at 13% and 12% respectively. The RBNZ said much of this comes down to a reluctance to adapt ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Member States for which data are available, the largest decreases in annual production in construction were recorded in Hungary (-26.6%), Slovenia (-21.2%) and Poland (-13.8%), while increases were observed in Sweden (+14.4%), Romania (+7.5%), Spain ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic ...

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

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... cannabis, heroin, cocaine, crack, ecstasy and amphetamines. The new accounting methods are expected to add 0%-1% to the GDP of Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania; 1%-2% for Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia ...

Franklin Templeton bond upgraded despite negative quarter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... confidence in this respect. As of June 2013, the fund was most heavily invested in European and African debt, at 37.44%. Hungary topped the list of European countries, followed by the Ukraine and Poland. However, South Korea was by far the most attractive ...

Thrilla in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... in Portugal." The "unlucky niners" are Belgium, Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia and Hungary. But for all it's worth, the take-away here is that now, at least, we have a ballpark figure of how deep the European recession ...

New index rates sovereign debt issuers

BLACKROCK RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... extremely low debt levels, BlackRock said. Australia ranks fifth on the index as it is institutionally robust. Poor achievers Hungary, Ireland, Egypt, Italy and Venezuela are flagged as having below-average creditworthiness. Greece and Portugal rate ...
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