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Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... that Beijing accounts for 35.3% of total exports in 2019/20, much more than our next five biggest export markets combined - Japan (11.8%), South Korea (5.8%), USA (5.8%), UK (4.4%), and India (3.9%). Australia's exports of goods and services, in turn ...

Personal finance app retires Australian business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... maintain a presence in Australia and will continue to explore commercial opportunities in the future. Moneytree was founded in Japan in 2012. It launched in Australia in 2017. In the same year, the federal government introduced CDR, aiming to empower ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... highest regards. Causing one to lose face brings them and their family down in the eyes of the community. So much so, that in Japan samurai warriors beg to be allowed to commit "seppuku" or "harakiri" to restore honour to themselves and their families ...

Tourmaline hires two leads, expands footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
Tourmaline Partners has hired two new managing directors, one is based in Sydney and the other will lead its newly established Dallas office. The trading solutions firm for asset managers and hedge funds named Yuki Shimada as director of Asia Pacific ...

Chief economist update: Japan's five minutes of sunshine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... stimulus to around US$3 trillion (60% of GDP). Whether this additional spend is sufficient would be largely determined on Japan getting its hands on the vaccine. The Brits have already been the first to be jabbed with the coronavirus vaccine but at this ...

Man GLG launches Asia strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Man Group's discretionary investment management engine, Man GLG, has launched an Asia (ex-Japan) equities strategy headed by its newest portfolio manager. Andrew Swan joined the group as head of Asia (ex-Japan) equities in August and will lead the high ...

LaSalle appoints new APAC chief

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Pacific global real estate group at Lehman Brothers. As such, a new Asia Pacific chief executive has been appointed in LaSalle Japan chief executive Keith Fujii. Fujii has previously held roles with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Grove International ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... shipments to the US jumped by 46.1%; Australia (22.6%); Taiwan (18.1%); South Korea (9.5%); the European Union (8.6%); and Japan (5.6%). Chinese import purchases increased slowed to 4.5% in the year to November from 4.7% in the previous month, but is ...

Charter Hall, Allianz Real Estate acquire assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... for the manager. "In the Asia-Pacific region we have an exposure of over USD $2.4 billion to logistics across Australia, Japan, China, and India," he said. "We value our long-standing relationship with Charter Hall, and we are very excited to partner ...

AMP Capital APAC managing director exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... (MUTB) 15% stake in AMP Capital is also a factor. "In his time with the business, including in his three years based in Japan, Craig has been instrumental in establishing cross-cultural relationships in the Asia Pacific region and has made a significant ...