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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... contracting, it had slowed from 51.20 in February and 52.37 in January. The key points in the report: "Employment at Japanese services firms declines for first time in four months; Cost inflation at service providers eases to 13-month low; Weakest business ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... -- thanks to higher exports - further improvements are in store for the months ahead. This is in contrast with latest Japanese stats. No thanks to yen appreciation that hit exporters the hardest, the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey showed sentiment ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. Rowe Price's overall Japanese business and distribution strategy, working closely with senior colleagues ...

We've got the power and firepower (still)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... would gravitate more towards the Bank of Japan when it announces its policy decision tomorrow (15th). Some expect the Japanese central bank increase in its asset purchases to ¥90 trillion from ¥80 trillion and at the same time take interest rates deeper ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... pays two fifths of the world's dividends and rapidly increased these payments, Henderson said. On an underlying basis, Japanese growth was the highest. Canada and Europe also performed well, while the UK lagged. China saw its first annual decline in ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... - this finding is particularly relevant given the bear phase global share markets are currently in, with European and Japanese markets falling over 20% since the start of 2016 and the ASX 200 benchmark falling up to 21% below its peak in April 2015. ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
The Japanese economy shrinks, the Japanese sharemarket sings hallelujah! If this still doesn't capture the "bad news is good news" meme, we might never, never know what will. The Nikkei-225 index soared by 7.2% at the end of yesterday's trade. It even ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... rate of minus 0.1 percent to current accounts that financial institutions hold at the Bank" - down from 0.1%. While the Japanese central bank's "QQE with a negative interest rate" decision surprised financial markets, the deterioration in the country's ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... economic growth. Worse, it's raising fears that the current low-flation environment could morph into outright deflation. The Japanese experience shows how much more difficult it is to fight deflation rather than inflation. Already, inflation expectations ...