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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 ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... into the first quarter of this year has been replaced by concerns over the resurgence in infections - in Europe, India, Japan, South Korea and lately, the US, among others - caused by mutations of the virus, problems with the supply and slow distribution ...

Natixis IM appoints chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... previously chair and chief executive of AllianceBernstein for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and in the same role for Japan. Prior to this, Ryan was chief investment officer for AXA Japan and head of quantitative asset management. He started his ...

Fidante opens Singapore office, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... Ardea Investment Management and CIP Asset Management. Fidante's current overseas presence includes offices in Europe and Japan. The move is similar to other Australian fund managers, who have increasingly looked to add overseas clients, for reasons ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... at March 2021, the value of China's covid-19 stimulus package amounted to 4.7% of GDP. This compares with 54.5% for Japan, 35.9% for Germany, 26.5% for the US (excluding Biden's new stimulus proposals worth around US$4 trillion) and 17.8% for ...