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JPMAM launches insto investment insights app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. Commenting on the launch, JPMAM head of sovereign and institutional, Asia Pacific ex-Japan Rachel Farrell said the app will "provide institutional investors with immediate access to JPMAM's extensive and insightful ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... interest rates" predicts Australia's budget deficit to GDP to be 2.4% by year-end. This compares with 2.6% for the US, 6.8% for Japan, 4.4% for the UK and Spain and 2.7% for China. Sure, austerity and thrift is good... but not if every sector in the ...

IFM Investors exec heads to Nikko AM

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... Nikko Asset Management. Eddy Schipper was "instrumental in establishing IFM's presence in Asia through the launch of the Japan office," IFM Investors said. He first joined the firm in 2008 and will start with Nikko by the end of October. Schipper will ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Olympics in 2008 and China skies are cleared again this week for the 70th anniversary commemoration of its victory against Japan - which it cannot threaten with a head roll, what more its banks, businesses and consumers?

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... annum for the three years to June 2015) and Taiwan (13%). During the 10 years to June 2015, all Asian countries except for Japan had returned over 7%. How about Australia's own exposure to Asia? China is Australia's main trading partner and some Australian ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan and most of Europe in signing an agreement with China. Make no mistake, the China Australia Free Trade Agreement (CHAFTA) will ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... first quarter of 2011 has calmed and so did anxieties regarding the devastating effects of the tsunami/nuclear meltdown in Japan. This time the Eurozone crisis threatens to re-start again for who knows what PM Tsipras' resignation and the subsequent ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... can blame it on the Fed and the rolling uncertainty over the timing and trajectory of its monetary policy. We can blame Japan and Europe for their "beggar thy neighbour" policies by depreciating their currencies. We can blame it on the Rio... but it ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund product strategist Matt Estes believes there is a lot to like about Japan and Europe when viewing markets and asset classes across the world. Speaking at a BlackRock event on Thursday, Estes said the fund - which manages ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... past year, Henderson has appointed former Aberdeen Asset Management executive Andrew Gillan to the role of head of Asia ex-Japan equities. Former head of Macquarie capital Asia Kalpana Desai has also joined the group as a non-executive director.