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Lifted by external demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
Though below market expectations, the Japanese economy managed to stay afloat, up 0.2% (1% annualised rate) in the fourth quarter of last year that followed a 0.3% (1.4% annualized) increase in the three months ended September. This marked the fourth ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
Yes people, we are now staring at Dow 20,000! For sure, the Dow as an equity market measure is flawed and that in terms of market and economic fundamentals, this means diddly-squat. However, in the world of technical analysts, this is the mark where ...

Hunter Hall investment style to be maintained: WHSP

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Investment company Washington H. Soul Pattinson intends to maintain ethical fund manager Hunter Hall International's investment style even if its takeover bid fails. In its bidder's statement released on Wednesday, WHSP said upon acquiring more than ...

Trump keeping M&A on a leash

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Global merger and acquisition activity is set for an uncertain year thanks to Donald Trump. This is one of the key messages from Mergermarket's 2016 full-year global and regional mergers and acquisitions (M&A) report. While the report noted strong activity ...

NAS debuts carbon reporting service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... intensity across portfolios and investment managers. It supports the reporting of a fund's carbon footprint (eg. Montreal pledge) and provides clients additional opportunities to further disclose fund carbon exposures." The new tool also complements ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
Donald Trump - the "misogynist", the "sexual predator", the "racist", the "lying cheat", the "clown", the "narcissist", "the most hated man in America" is now President-elect of America. No one, or so it seems, like him. Not the media - mainstream and ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Shares fund, reducing exposure to Australian companies with a high carbon risk. The fund is also a signatory to the Paris Pledge for Action - an initiative aligned with the 2015 UN Climate Talks in Paris encouraging investors to strive for a 50% cent ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... deeper into negative territory. Following its June meeting, according to Trading Economics, the BoJ said it would keep its pledge to increase the monetary base at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen (about A$1 trillion). Policymakers also decided ...

ASFA backs super boost pledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Australians with their super. Eight super funds are joining the Super Booster Day initiative that encourages Australians to pledge a non-concessional (after-tax) super contribution before 15 September. Industry executives from ANZ, AMP, BT, MLC, QSuper ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... non-conventional policy measures and Draghi's reiteration of his "whatever it takes" (cross my fingers and hope to die) pledge had been becoming impotent of late. The yen and the euro have both appreciated versus the greenback despite both central banks' ...