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Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... compromising the conservation of traditional models of family care in the region. This includes the continuing population growth in Tokyo due to children moving away from their ancestral homes for work, Korea's growth in female workforce participation ...

Nikko AM launches Japan fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... concentrated portfolio of Japanese equities, the strategy for which is managed by 18-year industry veteran Yuki Watanabe, based in Tokyo. Watanabe explained: "We have strong relationships locally, which provide our team with unique insights into the ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... the negative side of cutting negative interest rates deeper into the negative. "The BOJ governor, speaking at a seminar in Tokyo, said negative rates particularly hit the profit of financial institutions, while low long-term yields hurt some other businesses ...

Morphic fund added to wraps

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
... Emerging Market status and adding it in that index," Slater said. Another consistent outperformer for the fund has been Tokyo property developer Open House. "Japan has been out of fashion for so long after its awful 1980s property bubble, but Tokyo has ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... distinct in London and Hong Kong," it said. Sydney, Vancouver, San Francisco and Amsterdam follow close behind. House prices in Tokyo, Singapore and New York are meanwhile reasonably safe. At risk of stating the obvious, the report says cities at or ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... are not planning to issue [deficit bonds]", said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said in an interview Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide Upper House election victory ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... in this country, and has just notched up 20 years of operations in Australia. The Melbourne office was opened long before Tokyo, Singapore, London, or even Toronto. From a personal perspective, however, Kelton says it was a much tougher decision. With ...

Largest five banks all Asian

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... previous ranking, HSBC was the only bank in the top five that was not headquartered in China, but in the current ranking, Tokyo's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group took that accolade, jumping three spots to fifth from eighth. NAB dropped five places to ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... of insurance clients," Nikko Asset Management Australia managing director Sam Hallinan said. "With the assistance of our Tokyo colleagues in the solutions business division, we are committed to further building our relationships with Japanese institutions ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... will lead T. Rowe Price's overall Japanese business and distribution strategy, working closely with senior colleagues in Tokyo and across the firm. He will also liaise with Japanese governmental and regulatory authorities as well as industry associations. ...