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Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... we have another crisis, do we go full circle and central banks and governments end up owning the assets like they do in Japan?" Agreeing with Singh, Doyle questioned whether economies have the capacity to respond to future crises in the way they responded ...

More super funds make climate commitments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... years. "End-of-decade goals to reduce emissions have come into sharp focus with new commitments emerging from the US, Canada, Japan and the European Union in recent weeks. The Australian private sector must be ready to help our country achieve deeper ...

Jarden gets market participant licence

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
Jarden has been admitted as a market participant to the ASX and the Chi-X. The investment and advisory firm said the admission accelerates the growth of its institutional equities franchise in Australia. Jarden has appointed ABN Amro as its clearing ...

Nuveen hires director from AXA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... director of European housing development and design from Invesco. Naofumi Une joined the existing housing team based in Japan as transactions manager. "It is an incredibly exciting time for the housing sector with strong structural tailwinds supporting ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... Australia's fate could have been so much worse. The United Kingdom, France and Italy all contracted by more than 8%, Japan and Canada by around 5%. Australia, just 2.5%." "The strength in the domestic economic recovery is reflected in a stronger ...

Australia is coming back: Frydenberg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... standards. "As a share of the economy, net debt is around half of that in the UK and US and less than a third of that in Japan. We are better placed than nearly any other country to meet the economic challenges that lie ahead," Frydenberg said. Real ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... cancelled or delayed (again), it would remove the benefits -- increased travel and tourism and broadcast rights to events - Japan could get as host. In its policy statement, the BOJ promised that, "the Bank will closely monitor the impact of the novel ...

Former AMP Capital managing director joins Ignition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... Advice as its chief executive for Asia. The digital advice firm has tasked Craig Keary with growth in Asia, including China, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. In the new role, Keary will be based in Sydney. In his most recent role, Keary was based in ...

UBS adds fixed income portfolio manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... where he was primarily responsible for HSBC's strategy on rates and foreign exchange for Australia, New Zealand and Japan. He has also worked on HSBC's rates strategy for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East (CEEMA) and was a part of ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... best reading in nearly 27 years while the PMI for services rose to 60.1 - the highest in 80 months. The au Jibun Bank flash Japan Composite PMI registered its first expansion in 15 months, rising to 50.2 in April, aided by the continued strengthening ...