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Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... uncertainties have pushed investors into safe haven assets such as longer-term bonds and currencies like the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen. Ahh yes, the Japanese yen - except for its mini-me trade war with South Korea, where both countries deleted ...

Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A Japanese insurer that owns about 16% of Challenger has received the green light from the Treasury to increase its stake in the company. In March, MS&AD announced its intention to take its stake in Challenger over 15% and seek board representation. ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... their low, and in some, negative yields); the US dollar is up but safehaven currencies such as the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are upper; gold's in, copper is out. Even central banks are busily preparing for the "R" contingency. The Fed's ...

Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... to support the MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings relationship and to develop distribution opportunities in the region. A Japanese real estate funds management licence and an investment advisory licence has been granted, which will facilitate distribution ...

Chief economist update: Global easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... had been negative 0.1% since January 2016 and in September of the same year, the BOJ announced: "The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that 10-year JGB yields will remain more or less at the current level (around zero percent)". ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative yields - perversely paying interest to lend to the government. Can't blame ...

CFSGAM sale clears regulatory hurdles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
Commonwealth Bank has received all regulatory approvals to sell its global asset management business to Japanese banking giant. The $4.2 billion sale to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB) is expected completion is in August, CBA said ...

Pendal Group appoints international business lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... Wellington management. Earlier in her career, Altinger was an equity research analyst at John Hancock in Boston and worked in Japanese equities research sales for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo and London. In her new role, Altinger will report to Gonzalez and ...

Chief economist update: Expect more of the same from the BOJ

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... at negative 0.1% and its "yield curve control" measure keeping the yield on 10-year JGBs at "around zero percent", the Japanese central bank cannot lower rates some more - take them deeper into the negative - without causing negative consequences to ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... relative to the US dollar. China's yuan was 45.3% undervalued; the Euro by 16.8%; the South Korean won by 27.9%; and the Japanese yen by 35.5%. The 1.5% appreciation in Bloomberg's US dollar index this year to date suggests the degree of these ...