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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... and if this appreciation continues the current expansion may be limited". South Korean inflation Consumer prices in South Korea fell by 0.3% in March following a 0.5% increase in the previous month, slowing the annual rate of inflation to 1.0% from 1.3% ...

Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... already of recently effected FTA's - beef exports to Japan have experienced an 86% increase, and horticulture exports to Korea are also up - making these companies ideal targets for M&A activity," the report said. Pitcher Partners corporate finance partner ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... February led by increased purchases of capital goods (5.6%), non-oil products (4.8%) and intermediate goods (2.5%). South Korea consumer confidence Consumer confidence among South Koreans improved to a reading of 100 - an equal number of optimists and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... China increased by 38.1% (year-on-year) to US$1.2 billion. Purchases from Japan soared by 66.4% to US$727.0 million, South Korea by 55.1% to US$491.8 billion and Thailand by 64.3% to US$491.1 million. The Aquino administration's increased infrastructure ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services wins mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... markets in Asia-Pacific including wholly-owned branches and subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Macau, Brunei, a 97% subsidiary in Sri Lanka, a 26% ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... infrastructure, private equity, and real estate in Canada and abroad. "Globally, the Top Ten have invested in such assets as ING Life Korea; Globalvia, a portfolio of infrastructure assets in Europe and Latam; Port of Brisbane, one of Australia's fastest ...

Australian expats pension protected

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... Republic, Denmark, Finland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Happy New Year to all you gentle readers!... and it looks like we'd be needing more well-wishes of "A Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) question, "What's the point of going out, we're just ...

Mirae Asset appoints Australian sales head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... development within AMP Capital's institutional business for about six years. Mirae Asset is the global investment arm of Korea's Mirae Asset Financial Group. With nearly US$80 billion in assets under management, the company offers funds management, securities ...