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One in 10 Japanese planners pass CFP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
Only 10 per cent of Japanese financial planners sitting for the November 2006 Certified Financial Planner certification exams managed to pass, said the Japan Financial Planning Association (JFPA). The exams, held in 10 major cities throughout Japan ...

Japan and Europe the next LPT frontiers: APN

... attractive due to the positive spread between property yields and local bond rates providing buying opportunities for Japanese listed property trusts (JLPTs). This contrasts with the spread between LPT and bond yields in Australia which have all but ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... of 54.5 which is a positive upside movement and injects a little optimism into the Australian manufacturing industry. Japanese capital spending rose by 16.8 per cent on an annual basis according to the Ministry of Finance's quarterly company survey. ...

Macq and Citi offer best of more worlds

... also has a best of Australia and Japan option. "Investors who'd like to gain exposure to the potential growth in the Japanese equity market, but don't want to miss out on the Australian equity market if it happens to perform better over a three year ...

Home-grown talent bag global awards

... Asia Pacific team in London. CFS also received recognition, indirectly, in January this year when Morningstar awarded Japanese funds management company DIAM Fund of the Year for 2006 for their Global Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). CFS' Property ...

Japan set to jump on global PE train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
A study conducted by Adveq, the Swiss private equity fund of funds manager, has found that Japanese institutional investors are set to follow Australian investors and institutions the world over in increasing their private equity allocations. The study ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... DAX index was at 6,859.45 points, down 51.66. PARIS - The CAC-40 index was at 5,643.95 points, down 48.5. TOKYO - All Japanese financial markets were closed for a public holiday, the day following National Foundation Day. On Friday, the Nikkei average ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... tight and this is likely to continue at least for the medium-term. More data about the inconclusive stability of the Japanese economy continues to surface with news that Nissan has reduced its earnings forecasts as did another major company in the Nippon ...

UK funds earn 8.8 per cent

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... emerging market equities being up 16 per cent. Offsetting these gains, currency movements dragged down returns from US and Japanese markets. Property achieved 19 per cent returns. Bonds however delivered meagre returns and global bonds in particular ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
... vehicles, building approvals, job vacancies, GDP, ANZ newspaper job advertisements and the DEWR skilled vacancies index. The Japanese economy continues to recover from a decade of slowness with news that export volume rose to their highest level since ...