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Chief economist update: Fed's on target, BOJ takes out target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... reaching around 2% will likely be around fiscal 2019." That was there in January and is no longer in April. Perhaps, the Japanese central bank has had had enough of publishing timing of when its 2% inflation target would be achieved - and then fail (if ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... normative view, he said. Speaking at the 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne this morning, Urwin said the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was a leader in asset owner stewardship. "GPIF has made such a difference to ...

ClearView terminates agreement after takeover bid expires

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
After the 18-month window for a Japanese life insurer's takeover bid expired, ClearView terminated the co-operation agreement between the two parties. In October 2016, Sony Life agreed with Crescent Capital Partners to acquire a 14.9% stake in Clearview ...

Chief economist update: Japan's other war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... Perhaps. But this could also be that the recent volatility in the financial markets is prompting safe-haven purchases of the Japanese yen. The yen has appreciated by 6.1% versus the greenback this year to date (after recording a 3.1% increase in 2017). ...

Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
Diversified Japanese financial services group Nomura has appointed a president for its Australian operations. Yuji Yamasaki has been appointed as president for Nomura Australia Limited. Parent company Nomura Holdings said it is a key appointment among ...

Chief economist update: Hostage to speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... to exit...by fiscal year 2019. Perhaps, Kuroda's words were lost in translation. But Japan Times quoted Kuroda telling Japanese lawmakers: "The economy has moved toward recovery, but regrettably has not reached the 2% target. I say this almost every ...

Macquarie IM acquires equities specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... Macquarie Group has entered an agreement to acquire ValueInvest Asset Management; a value-oriented investor across global and Japanese equities, located in the Grand Duchy. For an undisclosed amount, ValueInvest will join Macquarie's stable of boutiques ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Market is trading on a muscle memory than necessarily anything that's economically real. "In the same way European and Japanese equities shouldn't be terrified of the interest rate moves in the US, emerging market debt shouldn't be terrified of dollar-strength ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... innovation and transformation officer. Girn will lead the insurer's $400 million digital transformation, first flagged when Japanese insurance giant Nippon Life acquired 80% of the company in late 2015. Girn will add more than 30 years' financial services ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... its policy stimulus measures - one that has continued to this day despite BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda stressing the Japanese central bank's commitment towards maintaining its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with a Negative Interest ...