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Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... managers' surveys, both the services and manufacturing PMI remain in contraction (below 50). This would keep the Bank of Japan (BOJ) from achieving its 2% inflation target. Latest stats show that Japanese headline CPI inflation remained barely above ...

Global investment manager appoints APAC head

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
A $476 billion global investment manager has nabbed a former Challenger executive director to lead its real estate business down under. John Ratcliffe has been appointed as head of Asia Pacific real estate at US$327 billion real estate investment manager ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced a major crackdown on foreign investment in Australia, including new overriding "last resort powers" which will allow him to force foreign divestment in exceptional cases. The reforms to the country's foreign ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... quarter is top of the pops compared with the US (-1.3%), the Eurozone (-3.8%), Germany (-2.2%), France (-5.3%), Italy (-5.3), Japan (-0.9%), the UK (-2.0) and China (-9.8%). This justifies the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) positive outlook for ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
" You're simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I've ever met..." A great many, if not all Australians, would have had this Tina Turner classic playing in their heads listening to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 350,400 lives and will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion, has set off a chain reaction that will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. ...

Chief economist update: Japan reopens for business

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
It was a magnificent Monday, 25 May 2020, for Japan for on this day Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared the country's state of emergency over. We salute you our Japanese brothers and sisters, for Japan has flattened its coronavirus curve despite ...

First Sentier rejigs executive lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
First Sentier has appointed a managing director for Australia and New Zealand, alongside other departures and appointments in its global executive lineup. The business's chief investment officer for equities David Dixon is retiring while global ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... country (China) buys 34.7% of your exports (based on World Bank figures) that roughly equates to what Australia sells to Japan (16.4%), South Korea (7.0%), India (4.9%), US (3.8%), and Singapore (2.9%) combined. Australian exports account for around ...

Boom time for exchanges

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Stock exchanges around the world are reporting an uptick in their profits, as COVID-19 volatility pushes up their revenues from higher transactions. The New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Tokyo and Japan exchanges have all reported a surge in their revenues ...