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$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... time when around 23% of Australian retirees end their working lives in poverty, compared to 11.1% in Sweden and 3.8% in Norway," he said. "Superannuation tax concessions are designed to encourage people to save and reduce dependency on the Age Pension ...

Boutique global asset management firms' investment outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... decisions, along with the upcoming Trump administration, are also top of mind. GBAM chair and chair of SKAGEN Funds in Norway Tim Warrington highlighted that it's been another good year for equities, with 56 new all-time highs in the S&P. However, he ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... demographics, economic activity, debt and governance. The results were favourable for Australia which currently ranks 6 th, behind Norway, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, and Denmark. "This places us well ahead of many of our advanced economy peers who ...

Australians rank seventh globally for retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... quality of life, and material wellbeing. Sitting in the same place it did last year, Australia ranks behind Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, and Luxembourg. However, it beat out the likes of Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
Seventeen of Australia's superannuation and pension funds now rank in the top 300 worldwide by assets, including one new entrant. However, it's not all good news for the government funds that made the cut. That's according to the latest ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... made incremental progress, significant disparities remained. The top 10 nations for gender parity were: Iceland Finland Norway New Zealand Sweden Nicaragua Germany Namibia Ireland Spain Eastern Asia and Pacific ranked fourth for gender equality with ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
Several major superannuation funds such as UniSuper, Aware Super, and Equip Super continue to invest in global weapons companies despite growing concerns among members, particularly as the Israel-Hamas war escalates. This includes France's Thales ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has reversed its fortunes, clocking a 16.1% return for 2023 following the -14% it recorded the previous year. Norges Bank Investment Management reported the Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion ...

Australians retiring later than global peers: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... Australia ranked seventh for retirement security worldwide, keeping its place in the top 10. The top five countries were Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Ireland, and Luxembourg. The Netherlands was ranked sixth, followed by Australia, New Zealand, Germany ...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Norway's $1.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global returned 10% in the first half, equivalent to $343 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management reported a $13.7% return on equity investments for the first half of 2023, while fixed income yielded ...
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