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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 ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... bubble with Hong Kong as it found its biggest cluster since September. Manila hospitals still at breaking point." And... "Japan to declare COVID-19 emergency in four prefectures", being Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo. Concerns over climate change was ...

Challenger to change annuity pricing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... sales came from domestic fixed-term sales ($1.39 billion) with small contributions from domestic lifetime ($107 million) and Japan MS Primary sales ($79 million). Sales of other products were $847 million. "Challenger reaffirms its FY21 normalised net ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... Ian Simm said. Fidante ended 2020 with $71 billion in total funds under management. Its other recent partnerships include Japan's Nomura Asset Management, and agribusiness-focused private equity manager Proterra Investment Partners, for its Asian food ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... pension assets study report shows that the US holds the largest amount of pension assets at US$32.6 trillion, followed by Japan (US$3.6tn), the UK (US$3.56tn), Canada (US$3.1tn), Australia (US$2.3tn), the Netherlands (US$1.9tn) and Switzerland (US$1. ...

ETP demand soars, unlisted unit trusts retract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... management in the region grew 34% to US$46.1 billion, boosted by the stock market's rally in the second half of 2020. Japan is the largest strategic-beta ETP market in the region with $37.3 billion (US$28.4bn) in AUM, growing 24% year on year. Japan's ...