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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... 26.6%, respectively. Imports decreased by 10.1% to HK$237.6 billion over the same period due to reduced purchases from Switzerland (-21.3%), China (-18.2%), Japan (-15.7%), Thailand (-9.1%). Imports from Taiwan increased by 2.6% and by 1.8% from the ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... exposure to alternative assets with Canada increasing them the most (from 14% to 27%), followed by the UK (7% to 18%), Switzerland (18% to 29%), US (17% to 27%) and Japan (from 3% to 9%). Willis Towers Watson global head of investment content Roger Urwin ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... judged as necessary." At minus 0.1%, it's got plenty more room gauging from other countries - Denmark (minus 0.65%); Switzerland (minus 0.75%); Sweden (minus 1.1%) - which have already instituted negative interest rate policies. Make no mistake, "The ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the USA.

Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... every reason to intervene for despite negative interest rates, the franc's strength is taking its toll on growth - Switzerland narrowly missed falling into a technical recession with growth rising by 0.2% in the second quarter from negative 0.2% in the ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... reduction in the repo rate (currently at 0.05%) to negative - he has the central banks of the two "S's" of Europe - Switzerland and Sweden - as precedents. The SNB and the Riksbank have their key policy rates currently sitting at minus 0.75% and minus ...

FinaMetrica in robo advice deal with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
Australian-based firm FinaMetrica has developed a sophisticated robo advice tool for a private bank in Switzerland. NBK Private Bank Switzerland will be using FinaMetrica's suitability tool kit, a 15-minute test that looks at the investor's risk tolerance ...

TCorp chief executive resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... management on behalf of NSW authorities. Prior to TCorp, Knight was head of treasury and capital markets at Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Australia and he also held senior treasury roles for ANZ and Australia Bank. His resignation comes only a month ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... for the number of HNW in a list that also includes the United States, Japan, Germany, China, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Canada and Italy. Ultra-HNW population in APAC grew by 14.3% and reached a total of 34,000 individuals. "Asia-Pacific led ...

4 Corners hires ahead of infrastructure fund launch

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... infrastructure, utilities and transport companies. He previously worked as a quantitative developer with UBS in Zurich, Switzerland. 4 Corners Infrastructure was launched earlier this year as a joint initiative between its founding team members Michael ...