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IFM expands into Hong Kong

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... Tokyo. It also dovetails well with IFM's new strategy, Asia-Pacific Market Neutral, which can invest in Hong Kong, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury explained that the new Hong Kong office would "allow the firm ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... and 13.5%, respectively. Imports increased by 0.5% in the twelve months to October. Hong Kong lifted its purchases from: Korea (39.7%), India (38.2%), the US (11.7%), the Philippines (10.4%) and Singapore (9.9%). Imports from China and Japan declined ...

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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... driven by a sharper contraction in imports (down 16.3% in the year to September) relative to exports (down 6.9%). South Korea GDP Advanced estimates show that South Korea's economic growth eased slightly to 0.7% in the third quarter from 0.8% in the ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... exclusive rights to rail shipments from some of the premier steam coal mines in the world, serving end users in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we believe that our partnership with a world class Australian infrastructure investor ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... new white paper published by AMP Capital associate director Christopher Deves looks at the economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes and assisted living facilities. ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... Amundi includes exposure to three companies which together make up 80% of Amundi's total carbon footprint of the portfolio: Korea South East Power, Holcim Finance Australia and Qantas Airways. Vision Super has removed the three companies from its portfolio ...

Flat Australian dividends help case for global diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
... cuts at China Mobile making the biggest impact. In Singapore, United Overseas Bank sharply reduced its Q2 payout. In South Korea dividends were up by a third, the fastest growth rate in the world during the quarter. This reflected a fivefold increase ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... There are already deals or deals still being negotiated, with Thailand, Singapore, New Zealand, Chile, ASEAN, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, China and the US. Indonesia has a population of more than 255 million, 10-times that of Australia, and its middle class ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... the tariff on chilled beef declined to 30.5%. Before the implementation of the JAEPA, the tariff was 38.5%. Similarly, the Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) saw beef tariffs drop to 32% - having been 40% prior to KAFTA. Public sector picking ...